Abstract
A preventive medicine program of rubella control for trainees at the Air Force Military Training Center, Lackland AFB, Texas, was begun in October 1977. Incoming trainees were screened for rubella susceptibility, and female trainees were additionally screened for pregnancy. During the period October 1977 to December 1978, an overall rubella susceptibility rate of 17.3 per cent was determined for 71,387 trainees entering basic training. Flights (50 persons each) to which these trainees are assigned varied widely in susceptibility from 0.0-47.7 per cent. Comparisons of susceptibility rates for trainees for for geographic areas and states indicated the highest overall percentage of susceptibles were from the Pacific geographic area with California showing the highest susceptibility (24.5 per cent). Race specific susceptibility rates were found to differ significantly between Whites and Blacks, 17.6 vs 14.8 per cent, respectively. The immunization program was effective as judged by a dampening of the incidence of clinical rubella at the basic training center and at other secondary training centers.
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