Tetanus IgG antibody levels in children aged 12 to 47 months in Turkey

摘要

Tetanus is a serious disease with high mortality, which is very difficult to treat but can be prevented easily by vaccination. The number of tetanus cases reported in Turkey was 42 in 1996 and 51 in 1997. This study was carried aged 12 to 47 months who have vaccination cards in the No. 1 Health Centre in Batikent district in Ankara, Turkey. Forty-one of the children had received 3 does(Group 1)of tetanus vaccine, and 47 of them had received 4 doses of the vaccine(Group 2). Anti-toxoid IgG antibody in blood sera was quantified by using the enzyme-linked immunosor- bent assay technique.