| Literature DB >> 19165133 |
John B Robbins1, Rachel Schneerson, Jerry M Keith, Mark A Miller, Joanna Kubler-Kielb, Birger Trollfors.
Abstract
A critical level of serum IgG pertussis toxin antibody is both essential and sufficient to confer individual and herd immunity to pertussis. Monocomponent pertussis toxoid conferred such immunity in Sweden and in Denmark. We refute the notion that filamentous hemagglutinin, pertactin, and fimbriae add to the immunity conferred by pertussis toxoid and describe the artifact created when efficacy is estimated for multicomponent pertussis vaccines. Lastly, the genetically-inactivated mutant pertussis toxoid is safer, more immunogenic, and should be more effective than the current chemically-inactivated pertussis toxin.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19165133 PMCID: PMC3128455 DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31818a8958
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J ISSN: 0891-3668 Impact factor: 2.129