| Literature DB >> 17258357 |
Lode Schuerman1, Roman Prymula, Isabelle Henckaerts, Jan Poolman.
Abstract
We explored the relationship between efficacy against acute otitis media (AOM) and both ELISA anti-polysaccharide IgG geometric mean concentrations (GMCs) and opsonophagocytic (OPA) geometric mean titres (GMTs) following primary and booster vaccination with pneumococcal protein D (Haemophilus influenzae-derived) conjugate vaccine. It was possible to distinguish between the OPA GMTs of low and high efficacy serotypes, however no such distinction was evident for ELISA GMCs. Also, there was a trend towards lower ELISA and OPA serotype-specific responses in subjects who developed AOM compared to controls. We conclude that serotype-specific OPA GMTs are an important endpoint to consider for evaluation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines with respect to the protective efficacy against AOM (Study ID: 347414/NCT00119743).Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17258357 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.12.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vaccine ISSN: 0264-410X Impact factor: 3.641