Booster vaccination after neonatal priming with acellular pertussis vaccine.

Knuf, Markus; Schmitt, Heinz-Josef; Jacquet, Jeanne-Marie; Collard, Alix; Kieninger, Dorothee; Meyer, Claudius U; Siegrist, Claire-Anne; Zepp, Fred · J Pediatr · 2010

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Abstract

After a birth dose of acellular pertussis (aP) and diphtheria (DT)aP-hepatitis B virus (HBV)-inactivated polio vaccine (IPV)/Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) at 2, 4, and 6 months, a booster dose of DTaP-HBV-IPV/Hib at 12 to 23 months induced strong anti-pertussis booster responses. Thus, neonatal aP priming did not lead to immune tolerance to pertussis antigens. However, it elicited bystander interference on HBV, Hib, and diphtheria responses.

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