Antibody persistence 12 months after a booster dose of meningococcal-C conjugated vaccine in the second year of life

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Aug;29(8):768-70. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181d9e653.

Abstract

We report on the results of the 12-month follow-up of children aged 14 to 18 months who received primary and booster vaccinations with either a meningococcal-C vaccine conjugated to tetanus toxoid or CRM197. Seroprotection (92.8%) and geometric mean titers/serum bactericidal activity (410.5; 95% CI: 273.4-616.3) were higher in children receiving the meningococcal serogroup C tetanus toxoid conjugate, compared with 61.5% and serum bactericidal antibody geometric mean titer of 45.1 (95% CI: 28.5-71.3) when MenC-CRM197 conjugate was used.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Immunization, Secondary / methods*
  • Infant
  • Meningococcal Infections / prevention & control
  • Meningococcal Vaccines / immunology*
  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial / immunology*
  • Tetanus Toxoid / immunology*
  • Time Factors
  • Vaccination / methods*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Meningococcal Vaccines
  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial
  • Tetanus Toxoid
  • meningococcal group C polysaccharide-tetanus toxoid conjugate
  • serogroup C meningococcal conjugate vaccine