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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 8.
Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2019 Sep 6;37(43):6463–6469. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.08.085

Table 2.

Measles and Rubella immunoglobulin G (IgG) seropositivity (as determined by ELISA) by participant characteristics, Bhutan, 2017.*

Number of samples tested Measles
Rubella
# IgG positive % (95% CI) Prevalence Ratio # IgG positive % (95% CI) Prevalence Ratio
Total 1325 1045 81(78–85) 1290 97(95–99)
Age
 1–4 years 173 150 85 (77–91) REF 173 100 (−) REF
 5–17 years 377 179 47 (39–56) 0.56 (0.44–0.69) 362 96 (92–98) 0.96 (0.92–0.99)
 >20 years 775 716 92 (89–95) 1.08 (0.98–1.20) 755 97 (95–99) 0.97 (0.96–0.99)
Sex
 Male 629 470 79 (75–83) REF 609 97 (94–99) REF
 Female 695 574 83 (78–88) 1.06 (1.0–1.1) 680 98 (95–99) 1.01 (0.99–1.04)
Highest education level (or highest maternal education level for children)
 No education 774 617 81 (76–85) REF 749 97 (94–98) REF
 Primary/Monastic 284 218 82 (76–87) 1.01 (0.93–1.09) 278 98 (94–99) 1.01 (0.98–1.04)
 Secondary/Tertiary 267 210 81 (74–87) 1.00 (0.91–1.09) 263 98 (95–100) 1.02 (0.99–1.04)
Measles/Measles-rubella containing vaccination by card (1–4 and 5–17 years), or recall (1–4 years)
 0 doses 14 5 25 (8–57) REF 11 82 (57–94) REF
 1 dose 128 73 51 (41–62) 2.04 (0.70–5.91) 127 99 (96–100) 1.21 (0.97–1.52)
 ≥2 doses 254 183 71 (64–78) 2.83 (1.03–7.77) 253 99 (93–100) 1.21 (0.97–1.51)
 Unknown 154 68 45 (35–54) 1.77 (0.60–5.18) 144 94 (88–97) 1.15 (0.93–1.42)

REF = referent group.

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Bold prevalence ratios highlight significant results.