Seroepidemiology study of rubella virus antibodies among neonates and pregnant women at hospitals in Henan province, China
Xiangpeng Wang,
Yu Han,
Changhui Li
et al.
Abstract:Rubella virus infection can cause vertical transmission to the fetus during pregnancy. In China's Henan province, rubella surveillance needs to be well‐established. In this research, a total of 1933 neonates and 2502 pregnant women were enrolled, and their sera for IgG and IgM antibodies against rubella were tested by chemiluminescence assay. Of 1933 neonates' sera tested, the seropositive of rubella IgG was 68.7%. The seroprevalence of rubella IgM in neonates was 0.4%. 30.9% of neonates had negative results f… Show more
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