@article{oai:niigata-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00023629, author = {橋本, 尚士 and 橋本, 謹也 and 佐藤, 廣治}, issue = {1}, journal = {新潟医学会雑誌, 新潟医学会雑誌}, month = {Jan}, note = {Rubella is one of the most important diseases examined by the surveying system of infectious diseases, We analyzed its prevalence from 1981 to 1987 in Niigata prefecture. Rubella was prevalent from 1981 to 1983 and from 1986 to 1987. Especially it prevailed all over the prefecture in 1982 and 1987. During seasons of the year, epidemics usually occurred from March to August, and sometimes sporadically in November or December of the preceding year. Age groups from 5 to 9 years and from 1 to 4 years occupied 69. 3 - 81.3 percent of all patients. According to the result of the survey of rubella antibodies in Niigata prefecture, 23. 5 percent of females in the age group from 25 to 29 years lacked antibodies to rubella, because they did riot receive rubella vaccination when they were in the junior high school. Females at this age group will have chances to be pregnant over 5 to 10 years hereafter and have high risk of giving birth to children with congenital rubella syndrome. The rate of receiving rubella vaccination in junior high school girls was 85.6 - 92.5 percent from 1983 to 1986 in Niigata prefecture; being high in Jouetu area and low in Kaetu area. Junior high school girls with a past history of rubella are not an supposed to receive vaccination. However, 12 percent of these girls had no antibody to rubella. On the other hand, it is reported that about 2-5 percent of persons having received vaccination can not produce antibodies to rubella. We measured Hl antibody to rubella in 116 girls about 3 weeks after exanthema appeared. Three girls did not have antibody although they were clinically diagnosed as rubella. These findings suggest that females before pregnancy should be checked on the antibodies to rubella, irrespected of their past history of rubella or rubella vaccination.}, pages = {25--37}, title = {新潟県における風疹の流行状況 : 感染症サーベイランスより}, volume = {102}, year = {1988} }