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STUDY OF RUBELLA ANTIBODY LEVELS AMONG MOTHERS AND THEIR NEWBORN BABIES FOLLOWING NORMAL DELIVERY VERSUS MOTHERS AND THEIR NEWBORN BABIES FOLLOWING CESAREAN SECTION | ||
| IRAQI JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES | ||
| Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 90-96 | ||
| Author | ||
| Enas Talib Abdul- Karim | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Rubella is generally asymptomatic in healthy adult, but during the first trimester of pregnancy often leads to fetal death or severe congenital defect, so it is considered as an important public health problem. Objective: This study was conducted to determine rubella antibody levels among group of women with normal delivery with their newborn babies and another group of mothers with cesarean section and their newborn babies, and its relation to various epidemiological, medical and obstetric problems Method: Serum specimens of 166 women with vaginal deliveries and 32 women with cesarean section and their babies were screened for rubella antibody levels by Mico ELISA method. Result: Rubella antibody levels were < 1.00 (optical density) in 54.2% of women with vaginal delivery (group one) and 71.9% of women in group two (women with cesarean section), Age (significant for group two), mother education, and crowding index were negatively correlated with antibody levels in both groups. Germen measles vaccination had negative correlation with rubella antibody titers in both groups (significant for group one), while weight of newborn babies was significantly correlated with rubella antibody titer among babies in-group two. Conclusion: Weakly positive antibodies were found to be higher among women and their babies following cesarean section than the group of women with normal deliveries and their babies, negative correlation were found between antibody levels and age of mothers, educational level, crowding index. Keywords: Rubella antibody levels and mothers at delivery. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Rubella antibody levels and mothers at delivery | ||
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