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The measles\/rubella\u2010combined (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MR<\/jats:styled-content>) vaccination at age 17\u201318\u2009years (phase 4 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MR<\/jats:styled-content> vaccination: <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MR\u2010IV<\/jats:styled-content>) was launched in 2008 in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">J<\/jats:styled-content>apan as a measles\u2013rubella catch\u2010up campaign. A serological assessment of this campaign has not been thoroughly performed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Titers of anti\u2010measles and anti\u2010rubella immunoglobulin <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">G<\/jats:styled-content> antibodies, and past medical history including measles and rubella vaccination and infection were obtained from first\u2010year university students in 2008 and 2009, and the immune status against measles and rubella was compared between students at the target <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MR\u2010IV<\/jats:styled-content> age (the target age group) and those 1\u2009year older than the target age (non\u2010target age group).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 186 students were in the target age group and 146 were in the non\u2010target age group. The proportion of students with a history of measles and rubella infection was not significantly different between the two groups (8.8% vs. 6.3%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.41 and 11.0% vs. 9.9%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.75, respectively). A history of two or more measles and rubella vaccinations was significantly more frequent in the target age group (85.2% and 54.9%, respectively) than in the non\u2010target age group (20.8% and 13.2%, respectively; both <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001). Prevalence of seropositivity for measles and for rubella was also higher in the target age group (98.9% and 97.8%, respectively) than in the non\u2010target age group (91.0% and 87.5%, respectively; both <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MR\u2010IV<\/jats:styled-content> catch\u2010up campaign helped achieve herd immunity and will contribute to the elimination of measles and rubella.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/ped.12285","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,1,13]],"date-time":"2014-01-13T14:54:32Z","timestamp":1389624872000},"page":"395-399","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Serological assessment of measles\u2013rubella vaccination catch\u2010up campaign among university students"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"56","author":[{"given":"Jiro","family":"Takeuchi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Kyoto University Health Service  Kyoto Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Masashi","family":"Goto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kyoto University Health Service  Kyoto Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Takashi","family":"Kawamura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kyoto University Health Service  Kyoto Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Atsushi","family":"Hiraide","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Acute Medicine Kinki University Faculty of Medicine  Osaka\u2010Sayama Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,4,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","first-page":"81","article-title":"Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in Japan: Epidemiological problems","volume":"56","author":"Terada K","year":"2003","journal-title":"Jpn J. 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