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Rubella Serology (German Measles) The OSPHL performs the Microparticle Enzyme Immunoassay (MEIA) test for immune status. This test is available for those who meet any of the following criteria:1. Females needing the test to meet requirements for an out-of-state marriage license. 2. Females in LHD family planning clinics, in State institutions or users of State-supplied vaccine. Please use Form # 42, Virology/Immunology Request to submit specimens for rubella immune status and for prenatal clients. To confirm acute rubella infection, paired serum specimens are required. The first specimen should be collected 1-3 days after onset of illness; the convalescent, one to two weeks later. For immune status testing submit a single specimen. See general instruction for collection, packaging and submission of serologic specimens to OSPHL - use form 42. A computer generated report is sent to the submitting provider/facility. Immune status - result is reported as: 2. Immune: Assay result of 10 IU/ml - probable immunity to rubella. 1. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare/Public Health Service/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Rubella Screening and Control, HEW Publication No. (CDC) 78-39. 2. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare/Public Health Service/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Standardized Rubella Hemagglutination-Inhibition Test, October, 1970. To read, navigate or print (pdf) files, free software called Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed on your computer. Different versions of Acrobat Reader (Windows, Mac, UNIX, and other operating systems) can be downloaded for "free" from Adobe's Web site (http://www.adobe.com). |
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