Rubella Antibodies in women with history of recent abortion

ABSTRACT

A study was designed to detect the prevalence of rubella antibodies and assess the immune status of 75 women of different age groups with a history of present abortion. Quantitative analysis of anti-rubella IgG and IgM was done on the sera. These cases were selected from a total number of 275 pregnant women presenting to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, from July, 1991 to April, 1992. A solid phase enzyme immunoassay [ELISA] was used for this purpose. Out of these 75 cases, 70 [93.3%] were positive for IgG while only 2 [2.7%] were positive for IgM antibody. Three out of 75 [4%] were negative for both IgG and IgM