en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Original article <div> <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p><strong>Background and Aims:</strong> Medical students are exposed to various infectious diseases during their clinical training period, including measles and rubella. In Iran, to control the outbreaks of measles and rubella a mass vaccination campaign was conducted on 2003. The present investigation evaluates Immunity to measles and rubella in a group of Babol medical students and determines the prevalence of medical students susceptible to these infections.</p> <p><strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> A total of 191 medical students (preclinical and clinical) from College of Medicine and Health Sciences at Babol University of Medical Sciences enrolled in this cross-sectional study. IgG antibodies for measles and rubella was evaluated using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 60 (31.4%) students had insufficient measles immunity or were totally non-immune, whereas non-immune status to rubella was seen in 1 (0.5%) subject.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study showed insufficient measles immunity in a group of Babol medical students.</p> </div> Measles, Rubella, Immunity, Medical Students, Babol 21 24 http://journal.isv.org.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-91-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Farzin Sadeghi sadeghifarzin6@gmail.com 10031947532846003226 10031947532846003226 No Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. Mahmoud Hajiahmadi mahmood.hajiii@gmail.com 10031947532846003227 10031947532846003227 No Non-Communicable Pediatric Diseases research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. Mohammad Abdollahpour abdolahhpoor@yahoo.com 10031947532846003228 10031947532846003228 No Students Research Committee, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. Yousef Yahyapour uyahyapoor@yahoo.com 10031947532846003229 10031947532846003229 Yes Infectious Diseases & Tropical Medicine Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.