1. Immunogenicity of live attenuated SA14-14-2 Japanese encephalitis vaccine--a comparison of 1- and 3-month immunization schedules.
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Tsai, T. F., Yong-Xin, Yu, Li, Jia Li, Putvatana, Ravithat, Ran, Zhang, Shougui, Wang, Halstead, Scott B., Yu, Y X, Jia, L L, Putvatana, R, Zhang, R, Wang, S, and Halstead, S B
- Abstract
Live attenuated SA14-14-2 Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine has been safe and effective in < 100 million immunized children, but its current administration schedule of two doses given a year apart does not lend itself to inclusion in established Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) schedules of childhood immunization. Immune responses to immunization at shorter intervals were compared in middle-school-aged children immunized with two doses separated by 1 month (n = 116) or 2.5 months (n = 115). Two vaccine lots were compared. Seroconversion to the vaccine was observed in 100% of vaccinees immunized in the 1-month schedule and in 94% (lot 2) and 100% (lot 1) of vaccinees immunized in the 2.5-month schedule. Geometric mean titers were almost 2-fold higher with the longer schedule. The routine administration of JE SA14-14-2 vaccine to infants in an EPI schedule should be possible using either interval. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 1998
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