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Effect of injection site on reactogenicity and immunogenicity of acellular and whole-cell pertussis component diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccines in infants

Tapiainen, T. and Cherry, J. D. and Heininger, U.. (2005) Effect of injection site on reactogenicity and immunogenicity of acellular and whole-cell pertussis component diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccines in infants. Vaccine, Vol. 23, no. 43. pp. 5106-5112.

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Abstract

The effect of injection site on reactogenicity and specific immunogenicity was assessed in participants in a pertussis vaccine efficacy trial. The percent of DTwP and DTaP recipients with any reaction was slightly lower in subjects injected in the buttock compared with those injected in the thigh. This finding was most common in DTwP recipients. Geometric mean antibody values to pertactin, filamentous hemagglutinin and fimbriae (Bordetella pertussis antigens) were lower in DTaP vaccinees when buttock was utilized as the injection site. Our findings present evidence against the use of the buttock as the site of immunization for DTaP vaccines since the benefit with regards to reactogenicity is minimal and the immunologic response to an important antigen of B. pertussis, pertactin, is decreased. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (Klinik) > Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (UKBB)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (Klinik) > Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde (UKBB)
03 Faculty of Medicine
UniBasel Contributors:Heininger, Ulrich
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0264-410X
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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