Meningococcal antibody titres in infants of women immunised with meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine during pregnancy

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  O'Dempsey, Timothy J D ^a   McArdle, Theresa ^a   Ceesay, Serign J ^a   Secka, Ousman ^a   Demba, Edward ^a   Banya, Winston A S ^a   Francis, Nicholas ^b   Greenwood, Brian M ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cord blood:maternal antibody ratios; Immunity; Meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine; Placental transfer

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; MENINGOCOCCUS POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETUS; GAMBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VACCINATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GAMBIA; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 0030070764     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.74.1.f43     Document Type: Article

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