학술논문
Sociodemographic correlates of neutralizing poliovirus and hepatitis A virus antibodies as Markers of Different Modes of Acquiring Immunity.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*DEMOGRAPHY
*POLIOVIRUS
*HEPATITIS A
*IMMUNOGLOBULINS
*IMMUNITY
*VACCINATION
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ISSN
0090-0036
Abstract
The prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of antibodies against poliovirus and hepatitis A virus (HAV) were compared in a random sample of 457 military recruits in Israel inducted during 1987. Lower socioeconomic status (SES) was associated with a higher prevalence of anti-HAV antibodies (67.3 vs 32.5 percent), whereas the reverse was true for type 1 poliovirus (78.4 vs 89.5 percent). While the high prevalence of anti-HAV antibodies observed in the lower SES groups reflects considerable natural exposure to enteroviruses, immunity against poliovirus appears to be determined primarily by compliance with vaccination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]