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ArticleArchives of disease in childhood2005

Immunogenicity of routine vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus, and Haemophilus influenzae type b in Asian infants born in the United Kingdom.

R Booy, E A Haworth, K A Ali, H M Chapel, E R Moxon

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Article in Archives of disease in childhood, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

R BooyResearch Centre for Child Health, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK. r.booy@qmul.ac.uk
E A Haworth
K A Ali
H M Chapel
E R Moxon

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Abstract

aimTo determine the immunogenicity of routine vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus, and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) in Asian infants born in the UK, and whether maternal antibody suppression occurs.

methodsA cohort study with 80% power, within 95% confidence limits, to show that 80% or fewer Asian infants would respond with an anti-PRP antibody concentration >0.15 microg/ml. Infants of South Asian origin born in Berkshire were enrolled at two general practices in Reading: 41 Asian families sequentially asked to participate within 2 weeks of birth; 36 infants were enrolled and 34 completed the study. Main outcome measures were: antibody concentration against diphtheria, tetanus, and Hib expressed as geometric mean titres (GMT) and proportion of infants about a threshold protective antibody concentration.

resultsMedian age for completing primary vaccination course was 5 months. All 34 achieved anti-PRP antibody concentration of >0.15 microg/ml, 33 were >1.0 microg/ml, and the GMT was 15.0 microg/ml. All infants developed protective antibody concentration >0.1 IU/ml for tetanus and diphtheria; the respective GMTs were 1.94 and 5.57 IU/ml. Infants with high (>0.25 IU/ml) antibody concentrations against diphtheria and tetanus at 2 months achieved lower antibody concentrations after their three dose course than those with low concentrations (<0.1 IU/ml) (p = 0.06 and 0.03, respectively).

conclusionsDespite evidence for maternal antibody suppression of the response to tetanus and diphtheria vaccination, excellent antibody responses were achieved by routine vaccination according to the accelerated schedule. High vaccine coverage should be encouraged to provide protection against the possibility of imported infection.

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Asian PeopleAntibodies, BacterialClostridium tetaniCorynebacterium diphtheriaeDiphtheria-Tetanus VaccineHaemophilus influenzae type bHaemophilus VaccinesHumansIndiaInfantPakistanUnited KingdomVaccines, CombinedAntibodies, BacterialDiphtheria-Tetanus VaccineHaemophilus VaccinesVaccines, Combined

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PMID15908622
PMCPMC1720432

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