Levels of anti-pertussis antibodies related to protection after household exposure to Bordetella pertussis

Vaccine. 1998 Dec;16(20):1907-16. doi: 10.1016/s0264-410x(98)00227-8.

Abstract

Vaccine efficacies against typical pertussis after household exposure to Bordetella pertussis were estimated to be 75.4% for an acellular five-component vaccine, 42.4% for an acellular two-component vaccine, and 28.5%, for a licensed US whole cell vaccine, compared to placebo. Logistic regression analyses demonstrated statistically significant correlations between clinical protection and the presence of IgG antibodies against pertactin, fimbriae 2/3 and pertussis toxin in pre-exposure sera. Multicomponent pertussis vaccines of proven high efficacy in recent Swedish NIAID-sponsored efficacy trials induced higher antibody levels against pertactin and fimbriae 2/3 than less efficacious vaccines. Anti-pertactin, anti-fimbriae 2/3, and anti-PT may be used as surrogate markers of protection for multicomponent acellular and whole-cell vaccines against pertussis.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Multicenter Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adhesins, Bacterial / immunology
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood*
  • Antigens, Bacterial / immunology
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / immunology
  • Bacterial Proteins / immunology
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Bordetella pertussis / immunology*
  • Community-Acquired Infections
  • Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine / immunology*
  • Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • Fimbriae Proteins*
  • Fimbriae, Bacterial / immunology
  • Hemagglutinins / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Nasal Lavage Fluid / microbiology
  • Nasopharynx / microbiology
  • Pertussis Toxin
  • Pertussis Vaccine / immunology*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Virulence Factors, Bordetella / immunology
  • Whooping Cough / immunology
  • Whooping Cough / prevention & control
  • Whooping Cough / transmission

Substances

  • Adhesins, Bacterial
  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Biomarkers
  • Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine
  • Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines
  • Hemagglutinins
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Pertussis Vaccine
  • Virulence Factors, Bordetella
  • filamentous hemagglutinin adhesin, Bordetella pertussis
  • fim2 protein, Bordetella
  • Fimbriae Proteins
  • pertactin
  • Pertussis Toxin