Fifth Percentile Cutoff Values for Antipneumococcal Polysaccharide and Anti-Salmonella typhi Vi IgG Describe a Normal Polysaccharide Response

Fifth Percentile Cutoff Values for Antipneumococcal Polysaccharide and Anti-Salmonella typhi Vi IgG Describe a Normal Polysaccharide Response

BackgroundSerotype-specific antibody responses to unconjugated pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV) evaluated by a World Health Organization (WHO)-standardized enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) are the gold standard for diagnosis of specific polysaccharide antibody deficiency (SAD). The...

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Main Authors: Heidi Schaballie, Barbara Bosch, Rik Schrijvers, Marijke Proesmans, Kris De Boeck, Mieke Nelly Boon, François Vermeulen, Natalie Lorent, Doreen Dillaerts, Glynis Frans, Leen Moens, Inge Derdelinckx, Willy Peetermans, Bjørn Kantsø, Charlotte Svaerke Jørgensen, Marie-Paule Emonds, Xavier Bossuyt, Isabelle Meyts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
polysaccharide antibody deficiency
specific antibody deficiency
pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine
Salmonella typhi Vi vaccine
allohemagglutinins
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.00546/full

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