Sağlık Teknikerliği Öğrencilerinde Kızamık, Kızamıkçık, Kabakulak ve Suçiçeği Seropozitifliği: Bir Seroprevalans Çalışması

• DOI: 10.5578/mb.20249653
• Publication Date: 2024-10-31T11:35:26Z
• Authors: Ayla Açıkgöz; Servet Kızıldağ; Özgür Appak; Dilek Çımrın; Nuran Esen; Ayça Arzu Sayıner

Measles, rubella, mumps and chickenpox infections are among the childhood diseases that can be prevented by vaccination. Healthcare workers at greater risk of transmitted through contact with patients' respiratory secretions, infected blood body fluids. Students studying in field health encountering infectious as much healthcare personnel during their internship practice experience institutions education. In addition, due to these students becoming a source contamination patients they encounter, it is important know immunity against diseases, take protective measures before implement necessary vaccination programs. The aim this study was determine seroprevalence vaccine-preventable such measles, technician Dokuz Eylül University Vocational School Health Services. population cross-sectional consisted second-year Five hundred fifty participated research. data obtained survey serology results. included questions regarding students' sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, place residence childhood); information about families (education level mother father, economic status family); presence history chickenpox; chickenpox. Specific IgG type antibodies varicella viruses were determined using ELISA kits. test results classified qualitative (positive or negative). study, seropositivity found 21.8%, 89.3%, 64.7%, 92.9%, respectively. Measles higher aged ≥21 years low income levels. Rubella who lived rural areas had childhood. Mumps reported having Chickenpox conclusion, we there significant proportion did not have levels measles antibodies. This more evident for measles. Considering infection students, vulnerable may recommended receive third dose measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, regardless history. Additionally, conducting larger-scale studies on definitive records allow obtaining detailed protection diseases.