UNLABELLED: In an open study, 502 10-year-old children, who had received primary vaccination against diphtheria and tetanus in infancy and had varying histories of pertussis disease and vaccination, were vaccinated with diphtheria-tetanus vaccine (DT) alone or with the addition of 20 microg or 40 microg of pertussis toxoid. Diphtheria toxin neutralising antibodies, pertussis toxin IgG and tetanus toxoid IgG antibodies were measured before and 1 month after the booster. All toxoids were highly immunogenic. In pertussis toxoid recipients, median levels of pertussis toxin IgG increased to 16.5 U/ml (DTaP20) and to 36 U/ml (DTaP40) in children with non-detectable (<1 U/ml) antibodies before vaccination and to >400 U/ml in children (both DTaP20 and DTaP40) with detectable antibodies before vaccination. A total of 60 children (12%) with non-detectable (<0.01 IU/ml) diphtheria antibodies and 36 children (7%) with non-detectable (<0.01 IU/ml) tetanus antibodies before the booster had lower median antibody concentrations post-vaccination than children with detectable antibodies before the booster (diphtheria: 5.12 vs. 20.48 IU/ml; tetanus: 4.0 vs. 10.0 IU/ml). There were no differences in diphtheria and tetanus antibodies after vaccination between children who did and did not receive pertussis toxoid. CONCLUSION: 10-year-old children with non-detectable diphtheria and tetanus antibodies before the booster had lower post-vaccination antibodies than those with detectable antibodies before the booster indicating a poor immunological memory. Addition of pertussis toxoid to diphtheria-tetanus vaccine did not affect the antibody responses to diphtheria and tetanus toxoids when the three toxoids were combined as a booster. Even though immunity to diphtheria and tetanus was only estimated by surrogate markers (serum antitoxin antibodies) the results indicate that a lower age for the booster dose of diphtheria-tetanus vaccine or diphtheria-tetanus acellular pertussis vaccine should be considered.
UNLABELLED: In an open study, 502 10-year-old children, who had received primary vaccination against diphtheria and tetanus in infancy and had varying histories of pertussis disease and vaccination, were vaccinated with diphtheria-tetanus vaccine (DT) alone or with the addition of 20 microg or 40 microg of pertussis toxoid. Diphtheria toxin neutralising antibodies, pertussis toxin IgG and tetanus toxoid IgG antibodies were measured before and 1 month after the booster. All toxoids were highly immunogenic. In pertussis toxoid recipients, median levels of pertussis toxin IgG increased to 16.5 U/ml (DTaP20) and to 36 U/ml (DTaP40) in children with non-detectable (<1 U/ml) antibodies before vaccination and to >400 U/ml in children (both DTaP20 and DTaP40) with detectable antibodies before vaccination. A total of 60 children (12%) with non-detectable (<0.01 IU/ml) diphtheria antibodies and 36 children (7%) with non-detectable (<0.01 IU/ml) tetanus antibodies before the booster had lower median antibody concentrations post-vaccination than children with detectable antibodies before the booster (diphtheria: 5.12 vs. 20.48 IU/ml; tetanus: 4.0 vs. 10.0 IU/ml). There were no differences in diphtheria and tetanus antibodies after vaccination between children who did and did not receive pertussis toxoid. CONCLUSION: 10-year-old children with non-detectable diphtheria and tetanus antibodies before the booster had lower post-vaccination antibodies than those with detectable antibodies before the booster indicating a poor immunological memory. Addition of pertussis toxoid to diphtheria-tetanus vaccine did not affect the antibody responses to diphtheria and tetanus toxoids when the three toxoids were combined as a booster. Even though immunity to diphtheria and tetanus was only estimated by surrogate markers (serum antitoxin antibodies) the results indicate that a lower age for the booster dose of diphtheria-tetanus vaccine or diphtheria-tetanus acellular pertussis vaccine should be considered.
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