Eghafona NO, Odama LE, Emejuaiwe SO, Obineche EN, Tafida DS. Measles antibody levels in children of rural and urban areas of Nigeria following vaccination campaign.
Epidemiol Infect 1987;
99:85-9. [PMID:
3609176 PMCID:
PMC2249174 DOI:
10.1017/s0950268800066887]
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Abstract
This study compares the presence and level of measles haemagglutination inhibiting antibody in the sera of primary school children in selected rural and urban areas of Kaduna State, Nigeria following a vaccination campaign. The results, analysed by Mann-Whitney statistical test at alpha = 0.05, showed significantly higher levels of haemagglutination inhibiting antibody in all the age groups in urban areas when compared with rural areas. The implications of these findings on measles vaccination campaigns are discussed.
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