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Haemophilus influenzae

"Passively Acquired Anti-Tetanus and Anti-Haemophilus Antibodies and the Response to Haemophilus influenzae Type b-Tetanus Toxoid Conjugate Vaccine in Infancy. DOUBLEQ

Published in Vaccine Weekly, July 29th, 1996

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, "Objective: To study the influence of maternally inherited tetanus antitoxin (anti-TT) antibodies on the response to the Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) capsular polysaccharide (PS)-tetanus toxoid conjugate (PRP-T) vaccine. Design: One hundred thirty healthy infants received their first dose of PRP-T in the same syringe with diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine (DTP) at 1 to 2 months, and 66 of them received a second dose at 3 to 4 months of age. Results: Maternal anti-TT antibodies did not interfere with the anti-Hib PS response to the first PRP-T...

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