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The agglutinin response to whole-cell and acellular pertussis vaccines is Bordetella pertussis--strain dependent.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1415040     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To determine the significance of the Bordetella pertussis strain used as the antigen in the agglutinin assay for the evaluation of pertussis vaccines. DESIGN: Randomized, double-blind study. SETTING: Health maintenance organization clinics, primary care clinic at a referral hospital, and private practices in Los Angeles County, California. PARTICIPANTS: Forty healthy infants. SELECTION PROCEDURES: Convenience sample. INTERVENTIONS: Twenty infants received whole-cell pertussis-component diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine (DTP), and 70 infants received acellular pertussis-component diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine (APDT) at ages 2, 4, and 6 months. MEASUREMENTS: The agglutinin assay was performed using three separate B pertussis strain preparations: (1) strains 130 and 138 in equal quantities, the constituents of the DTP vaccine, (2) strain 460, and (3) strain Tohama, the constituent of the APDT vaccine. RESULTS: The agglutinin titers were highly strain dependent; in both groups of vaccinees at both ages the Tohama values were highest, followed by strain 460 and then strains 130/138. The vaccine groups had comparable titers at age 2 months regardless of the assay antigen used. However, at age 7 months, after three immunizations, the DTP group geometric mean titer was more than 10 times greater than that of the ADPT group using strains 130/138, but only 2.6 times higher using strain 460 and almost equivalent using Tohama strain. CONCLUSION: Vaccine group agglutinin value comparisons strongly depend on assay antigens used.
Authors:
D A Blumberg; E Pineda; J D Cherry; A Caruso; J V Scott
Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of diseases of children (1960)     Volume:  146     ISSN:  0002-922X     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Dis. Child.     Publication Date:  1992 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-10-29     Completed Date:  1992-10-29     Revised Date:  2010-03-24    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370471     Medline TA:  Am J Dis Child     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1148-50     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine 90024-1752.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Agglutination Tests / methods,  standards*
Antibody Formation
Antigens, Bacterial / immunology*
Bordetella pertussis / classification*,  immunology
Humans
Infant
Los Angeles
Pertussis Vaccine / classification,  immunology,  therapeutic use*
Serotyping*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antigens, Bacterial; 0/Pertussis Vaccine

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