Serum antibodies after vaccination with Haemophilus influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide and responses to reimmunization: no evidence of immunologic tolerance or memory.
Serum antibodies after vaccination with Haemophilus influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide and responses to reimmunization: no evidence of immunologic tolerance or memory.
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B型流感嗜血杆菌荚膜多糖疫苗接种后的血清抗体和对重新免疫的反应:没有免疫耐受或记忆的证据。
作者:
H. Käyhty;V. Karanko;Heikki Peltola;P. Mäkelä
Haemophilus influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide vaccine was given in Finland in 1974 to approximately 50,000 infants and children, whose serum anti-H influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide levels have been followed for 3 1/2 years. The serum antibodies induced by the vaccination proved short-lived (less than 6 months) in the infants younger than 18 months. Elevated serum antibody levels were detectable for 1 1/2 years but less than 3 1/2 years in the children who were vaccinated when 18 to 35 months old. In the children who were 3 to 5 years old when vaccinated, the elevated anti-H influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide levels persisted for at least 3 1/2 years. Therefore, children vaccinated at the age of 18 months may need a new dose of vaccine 1 to 1 1/2 years after the first dose in order to be protected for the period of high susceptibility, until the age of approximately 7 years. Some of the vaccinated children were reimmunized 3 1/2 years after the first dose, and the anti-H influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide levels in their sera were studied in a similar manner. At no time did the anti-H influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide levels after the reimmunization differ from the anti-H influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide levels seen after the first vaccination in children of the same age.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)