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. 1975 Oct 4;113(7):619-23.

Antibody status to poliomyelitis, measles, rubella, diphtheria and tetanus, Ontario, 1969-70: deficiencies discovered and remedies required

D R MacLeod, W K Ing, R J Belcourt, E W Pearson, J S Bell

Antibody status to poliomyelitis, measles, rubella, diphtheria and tetanus, Ontario, 1969-70: deficiencies discovered and remedies required

D R MacLeod et al. Can Med Assoc J. .

Abstract

A serologic survey was made in 15 health unit areas, testing some 5000 individuals in the age groups 4 to 6, 11 to 13, 15 to 17 and 23 to 45 years. Two types of serious deficiency were found. Only 65% of children 4 to 6 years old had antibodies to all three types of poliovirus, the antibodies being due almost entirely to immunization with Salk vaccine. Even in children who had had six or more doses only 74% had antibodies to the three types. The high percentage of students 11 to 13 and 15 to 17 years old with poliovirus antibodies can be attributed largely to natural infection and to Sabin vaccine in the mass campaign of 1962, as well as to Salk vaccine. In children who had received Sabin vaccine as well as Salk vaccine a very high level of immunity was found. The immunity of the school-age population will decline to an insufficient level unless Sabin vaccine is used after immunization with Salk vaccine. Of children 4 to 6 years old 18% had no diphtheria antitoxin and 6% had no tetanus antitoxin. Even in those who had had six or more doses of the antigens 5% had no diphtheria antitoxin and 1 to 2% had no tetanus antitoxin. This apparently refractory state is probably due to the use of unadsorbed toxoids, and it is clear that adsorbed toxoids should be used. In the adults, diphtheria antitoxin was found in only 55% and tetanus antitoxin in only 38%.

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