Detection Results of Measles IgM Antibody in Hengyang from 2005 Through 2006

Objective To explore the significance of detecting measles IgM antibody in diagnosis of suspected measles cases.Method Serum specimens of suspected measles cases were tested for measles IgM antibody by ELISA.Results A total of 787 suspected measles cases were collected to detect measles IgM antibody during the period of 2005～2006,and the positive rate was 51.3%,which was composed by 11.6% in the 1-year group,52.2% in the 1～4 years group,32.7% in the 5～15 years group,and 3.5% in the 15 years group.33.4% of the positive cases had immunity history of measles vaccination,and the age of the positive case tended to youngster.IgM antibody positive rates were different according to sample collecting time.Conclusions Basic immunization and immunological surveillance of measles should be implemented to control and eliminate measles.