Pneumococcal Disease
Researchers at Netherlands Vaccine Institute Release New Data on Pneumococcal Disease
Published in Vaccine Weekly, December 21st, 2011
2011 DEC 21 -- "Objective To determine whether nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage with serotypes 6B, 19F, or 23F interferes with immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody responses to vaccination with 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) at the age 24 months. Study design Blood samples were collected before and after a PCV7 challenge vaccination at age 24 months from subsets of children participating in a randomized controlled trial," researchers in Bilthoven, Netherlands report.
"Children previously had received two doses of PCV7 at 2 and 4 months, two plus one doses of PCV7 at 2, 4, and 11 months, or no dosage until 24 months. Nasopharyngeal swabs were...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2011-12-21)
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