RUBELLA SEROPREVALENCE OF UNVACCINATED CHILD-BEARING AGE MARRIED WOMEN -

The aim of the study was to evaluate the rubella seroprevalence of unvaccinated child-bearing age married women in Dogankent region of Adana. 95 rubella unvaccinated women who had at least one child were included to the study by Simple Randomization Sampling. Enzyme Immunoassay (ELISA) was used for Rubella Ig G detection. Chi square test was used for the statistical analysis. The mean age of the women was 25.86±4.95 (min-max: 18–41) years and %8.4 was found to be susceptible to rubella. There was no statistically significant difference in age groups, rubella anamnesis, and education status between rubella susceptibility (p>0.05). The main aim of the rubella vaccination is to prevent congenital rubella infection. Turkish Ministry of Health has just programmed two times Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccination as a national vaccination programme in 2006 for eradication of rubella and prevention of congenital rubella infection.