[Rubella antibody in a sample of Foggia (Italy) population (author's transl)].

The Authors have found the following distribution of haemoagglutination inhibiting rubella antibodies in the women of about 18 years of Foggia: 13.9% negative serum (titer larger than or equal to 1:8) in a sample of 620 subjects. The seropositivity is similar to that in other regions of Italy. The Authors would suggest the adoption of antirubella vaccination at least for immunologically unprotected fertile women where the embryo is at risk when illness is contracted in pregnancy.