According to the Gemotest laboratory’s published report, 72 percent of Russians are not immune to measles. DEA News.
“On average 72% of Russians tested for class G antibodies to the measles virus are not immune to this dangerous infection,” the report says.
In the first months of 2023, Russians began testing twice as many measles immunity tests as in the same period last year, according to the lab. Gemotest has performed 17,000 tests for IgG antibodies to measles this year.
Laboratory specialists also reported that 80% of patients studied in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug and Stavropol Territory, 75-77% in Moscow and St.
Doctors reminded that the first measles vaccine was given to the child at the age of 1, then at the age of 6. After the second vaccination, immunity occurs in 95% of cases and lasts for about 18 years, depending on the individual characteristics of the organism. Doctors recommend checking the level of antibodies every five years to protect yourself from timely infection.
Formerly Rospotrebnadzor reportedIt was learned that a student at the Gubkin Russian State Oil and Gas University in Moscow switched to distance education because measles was detected in a student.
It was also reported that several cases of the disease were detected in the Primorye and Sverdlovsk region.