Pneumococcal serotype-specific antibodies persist through early childhood after infant immunization: follow-up from a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: In a previous UK multi-center randomized study 278 children received three doses of 7-valent (PCV-7) or 13-valent (PCV-13) pneumococcal conjugate vaccine at 2, 4 and 12 months of age. At 13 months of age, most of these children had pneumococcal serotype-specific IgG concentrations ?0.35...

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Main Authors: Truck, Johannes (Author), Snape, Matthew (Author), Tatangeli, Florencia (Author), Voysey, Merryn (Author), Yu, Ly-Mee (Author), Faust, S.N (Author), Heath, Paul (Author), Finn, Adam (Author), Pollard, Andrew J. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2014-03.
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