Immunogenicity of sequential pneumococcal vaccination in subjects splenectomised for hereditary spherocytosis

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 788-790

  Stoehr, Gerhard A ^a   Rose, Markus A ^b   Eber, Stefan W ^c   Heidemann, Katrin ^a   Schubert, Ralf ^b   Zielen, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

23 valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine; Hereditary spherocytosis; Near total splenectomy; Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; Pneumococcal sequential vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PCV 7; PNEUMOCOCCUS POLYSACCHARIDE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PPV 23;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTYPING; SPHEROCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; SPLENECTOMY; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 33644888019     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05918.x     Document Type: Article

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