The Impact Of Conjugate Vaccine On Carriage Of Haemophilus Influenzae Type B
Autor: | M. L. Barbour, C. Coles, Derrick W. Crook, Richard T. Mayon-White, E. R. Moxon |
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Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of Infectious Diseases. 171:93-98 |
ISSN: | 1537-6613 0022-1899 |
DOI: | 10.1093/infdis/171.1.93 |
Popis: | Conjugate vaccines against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) may modify Hib pharyngeal colonization. Hib colonization was compared in 371 infants and their families. In Oxfordshire, infants received PRP-T (polyribosylribitol phosphate conjugated to tetanus toxoid) and in Buckinghamshire they did not (controls). Infants were followed at 6, 9, and 12 months of age. Also, 6 unvaccinated Hib carriers were vaccinated and followed for 6 weeks. Hib acquisition was lower in vaccinees than controls (P < .01). During surveillance, 1.5% of vaccinees and 6.3% of controls carried Hib (P = .04). Among those with family Hib exposure, the carriage rates were 8.7% and 38.5% (P = .07), respectively. Hiv carriage rates were lower among vaccinees' unvaccinated siblings. Giving conjugate vaccine to a child carrying Hib did not rapidly terminate carriage. Thus, a primary means by which herd immunity to Hib is induced in a vaccinated population may be through reduction or delay in the initial acquisition of Hib. |
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