Immunogenic surprises limit combo vaccine.(Infectious Diseases)

From: Family Practice News | Date: October 15, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

WARSAW -- Efforts to develop combination vaccines that would streamline immunization schedules have hit some surprising snags, including unpredictable immunogenicity, Jim P. Buttery, M.B., said at an international congress of the World

Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Protein-polysaccharide glycoconjugate vaccines comprise an integral component of immunization efforts against encapsulated bacteria. "Since the staggering success of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines in reducing invasive Hib disease in many developed countries, different multivalent vaccines have ...

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