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Trial reportInfection and immunity2002

Effect of vaccination with carrier protein on response to meningococcal C conjugate vaccines and value of different immunoassays as predictors of protection.

Moya Burrage, Andrew Robinson, Ray Borrow, Nick Andrews, Joanna Southern, Jamie Findlow, Sarah Martin, Carol Thornton, David Goldblatt, Michael Corbel and 4 more

Abstract readClinical TrialClinical Trial, Phase II
In one paragraph

Trial report in Infection and immunity, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. MenAfriVac as an Antitetanus Vaccine.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2015
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  9. Development of a NovelVaccines · 2026
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  11. A NovelmSphere · 2023
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  18. Interactions of conjugate vaccines and co-administered vaccines.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Moya BurrageCentre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
Andrew Robinson
Ray Borrow
Nick Andrews
Joanna Southern
Jamie Findlow
Sarah Martin
Carol Thornton
David Goldblatt
Michael Corbel
Dorothea Sesardic
Keith Cartwight
Peter Richmond
Elizabeth Miller
Public Health LaboratorySalisbury University · USWithington Community Hospital · GBNational Institute for Biological Standards and Control · GBGloucestershire Royal Hospital · GBInstitute of Child Health · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In order to plan for the wide-scale introduction of meningococcal C conjugate (MCC) vaccine for United Kingdom children up to 18 years old, phase II trials were undertaken to investigate whether there was any interaction between MCC vaccines conjugated to tetanus toxoid (TT) or a derivative of diphtheria toxin (CRM(197)) and diphtheria-tetanus vaccines given for boosting at school entry or leaving. Children (n = 1,766) received a diphtheria-tetanus booster either 1 month before, 1 month after, or concurrently with one of three MCC vaccines conjugated to CRM(197) or TT. All of the MCC vaccines induced high antibody responses to the serogroup C polysaccharide that were indicative of protection. The immune response to the MCC-TT vaccine was reduced as a result of prior immunization with a tetanus-containing vaccine, but antibody levels were still well above the lower threshold for protection. Prior or simultaneous administration of a diphtheria-containing vaccine did not affect the response to MCC-CRM(197) vaccines. The immune responses to the carrier proteins were similar to those induced by a comparable dose of diphtheria or tetanus vaccine. The results also demonstrate that, for these conjugate vaccines in these age groups, both standard enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and those that measure high-avidity antibodies to meningococcal C polysaccharide correlated equally well with assays that measure serum bactericidal antibodies, the established serological correlate of protection for MCC vaccines.

Indexed as

AdolescentAntibodies, BacterialAntibody AffinityBacterial ProteinsCarrier ProteinsChildChild, PreschoolDiphtheria ToxoidEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansImmunization ScheduleMeningococcal VaccinesPredictive Value of TestsTetanus ToxoidVaccines, ConjugateAntibodies, BacterialBacterial ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCRM197 (non-toxic variant of diphtheria toxin)Diphtheria ToxoidMeningococcal Vaccinesserogroup C meningococcal conjugate vaccineTetanus ToxoidVaccines, Conjugate

Identifiers

PMID12183540
PMCPMC128295
OpenAlexW2098917747

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