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Effect of infant immunisation with meningococcus serogroup C–CRM197 conjugate vaccine on diphtheria immunity and reactogenicity in pre-school aged children

Authors :
Jodie McVernon
Elizabeth Clutterbuck
Jim Buttery
Jenny M. MacLennan
E. Richard Moxon
Source :
Vaccine. 21:2573-2579
Publication Year :
2003
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2003.

Abstract

The majority of Men C conjugate vaccines given in the UK use CRM(197), a mutant diphtheria toxoid, as their protein carrier. We studied the effects of prior immunisation with Men C-CRM(197) conjugate vaccine on immunity to diphtheria in 193 children before and after a booster dose of Men C at 4 years. Baseline diphtheria antibodies were higher in children given four previous doses of Men C (P

Details

ISSN :
0264410X
Volume :
21
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Vaccine
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....9764de7e75e3f223bcea19cc5d838e0a
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0264-410x(03)00058-6