Seroprevalence Rubella Antibodies among young females and women of Reproductive age group and pregnant women in Mosul City, Iraq

Background: To determine the seroprevalence of Rubella antibodies among women of reproductive age. Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted between the period of February 2017 to February 2018.The subject of study is women with childbearing age was take on from Kirkuk General Hospital. (450) women with age between (14 - 48) years were involved in the study. For each women an information sheet included questions about women age, educational level, residency, economic status and vaccinations status was completed by interview. Of each participant in the current study, a blood sample of 3 ml was collected through intravenous using a sterile and dry test tube. Sera samples were tested for detection of "IgM" and "IgG" antibody specific for Rubella virus by enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay "ELISA". Results: In our study 720 women in childbearing age were investigated for rubella IgG and IgM these 266 (36.94%) were positive for rubella IgG antibodies and 9 (1.25%) for rubella IgM antibodies. Conclusion: This study displayed an insignificant relationship between rubella seroprevalence and age,residency, and parity.