REACTOGENICITY, IMMUNOGENICITY, AND EFFICACY OF A CHICK-EMBRYO CELL DERIVED VACCINE FOR ROCKY-MOUNTAIN SPOTTED-FEVER
REACTOGENICITY, IMMUNOGENICITY, AND EFFICACY OF A CHICK-EMBRYO CELL DERIVED VACCINE FOR ROCKY-MOUNTAIN SPOTTED-FEVER
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DOI:
10.1093/infdis/148.5.922
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
LEVINE, MM
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作者:
CLEMENTS, ML;WISSEMAN, CL;LEVINE, MM
A new formalin-inactivated vaccine prepared by sucrose density gradient centrifugation of tissue culture-grown Rickettsia rickettsii was evaluated for safety and immunogenicity in a placebo-controlled, double-blind study. Most of the 52 seronegative adult vaccines, 88% after the 1st and 66% after the 2nd dose, experienced brief, mild (mostly local) reactions, but only 50% exhibited a systemic immune response to vaccination. Six unvaccinated volunteers (controls) and 16 of these vaccinees were challenged with R. rickettsii 1 mo. after vaccination. Vaccine efficacy was 25%; all 6 controls and 12 of 16 vaccinees developed typical Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The incubation period was longer, the duration of constitutional symptoms shorter, and the height of fever lower in all vaccinees than in controls. The vaccine provided only partial protection against Rocky Mountain spotted fever but ameliorated the illness.