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Tick-Borne Encephalitis
Reports outline tick-borne encephalitis research from Medical University of Innsbruck
March 26th, 2008
According to recent research from Innsbruck, Austria, "In order to analyze the clinical, impact of immunological alterations in thymectomized children after exposure to a new antigen (tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) vaccine), 17 thymectomized children completed a three-dose immunization regimen. Thymectomized children showed significantly lower TBEV IgG antibody levels after the second vaccination when compared to healthy age-matched controls (n = 30) (p = 0.03), but a normal response after the third vaccination." "Age at thymectomy correlated significantly with the TBEV IgG antibody levels (p = 0.04). Thymectomized children also showed significantly tower total...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-03-26)
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