Abstract
Serum specimens from 161 pregnant women or newborn children and from 280 females of different age groups, obtained in the cities of Stockholm and Eskilstuna, Sweden, were tested for neutralizing antibody to rubella virus, some of them also for hemagglutination-inhibiting antibody. Lack of NT antibody in undiluted serum suggested susceptibility to rubella in 15–20% of women of child-bearing age. There was some correlation — most evident in the younger age groups — between reported history of overt rubella and presence of NT antibody. The distribution of serum titers, NT as well as HI, and the actual rarity of reports on remote attacks of the disease suggested that ignorance of childhood rubella was the prime reason for the poorer correlation in adults.
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