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© 1989 Oxford University Press

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Immune Status of Young Adults to Mumps Virus Infection in Northern Jordan

N ABUHARFEIL, M N ABO-SHEHADA, S N EL-SUKHON and R ATMEH

Department of Allied Health Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) Irbid—Jordan

Abuharfeil N (Department of Allied Health Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid—Jordan) Abo-Shehada M N, EI-Sukhon S N and Atmeh R. Immune status of young adults to mumps virus infection in northern Jordan. International Journal of Epidemiology 1989, 18: 690–692.

Eight hundred and seventy-five sera, collected randomly from university students aged 18–24 years, were tested for mumps virus antibodies. The prevalence of seropositivity was 85.3% for males and 87.1% for females using the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay method (ELISA) and 83.4% for males and 77.6% for females using the micro-complement fixation test (CFT). The remaining 14.7%–16.7% of males and 12.9%–22.3% of females, who had non-reactive sera in ELISA and CFT tests respectively indicated the presence of a sizeable population with a high risk of contracting the infection and this recommends the implementation of routine vaccination against mumps in Jordan. The two techniques correlated well, though ELISA exhibited a higher sensitivity than CFT.


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