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Measles susceptibility of marriage migrant women in Korea

Authors :
Sooyeon Kim
Sun A Kim
Hanbich Hong
Seong Ryeong Choi
Hae-Young Na
Sung Un Shin
Kyung-Hwa Park
Sook In Jung
Min-Ho Shin
Sun-Seog Kweon
Seung Ji Kang
Source :
Epidemiology and Health, Vol 44 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Korean Society of Epidemiology, 2022.

Abstract

International migrants could be considered a risk group susceptible to vaccine-preventable diseases. We conducted a measles seroprevalence study among 419 marriage migrant women living in Sinan-gun and Wando-gun, South Jeolla Province, located in the southwestern part of Korea. The overall seroimmunity was 92.8%. The seroimmunity varied considerably according to the country of origin and increased with age. Our current analysis could be valuable in the context of discussions concerning vaccination policies for immigrants in Korea.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20927193
Volume :
44
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Epidemiology and Health
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.5325fd07e20e427685c0422ba550119d
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2022031