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KMID : 1039120200090010064
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Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research
2020 Volume.9 No. 1 p.64 ~ p.67
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Seroprevalence of mumps in healthcare workers in South Korea
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Kim Sun-Kyung
Jung Ji-Won
Kwak Sun-Hee
Hong Min-Jee
Kim Sung-Han
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Abstract
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Mumps is contagious disease and maintaining immunity to mumps in healthcare worker (HCW) is important for preventing transmission in the hospital. We evaluated the seroprevalence of mumps in HCWs in a tertiary care hospital in Republic of Korea. A total of 6,055 HCWs born between 1950 and 1995 underwent antibody testing. The overall seropositivity rate of mumps was 87% (95% confidence interval, 86%?87%). Our data indicates that, in Korean HCWs, testing for mumps antibody followed by mumps vaccination is more appropriate than routine mumps vaccination without testing for mumps antibody.
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KEYWORD
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Mumps, Measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, Health personnel, Seroepidemiologic studies
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