title: Finnish efficacy trials with Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines.
abstract: The first Finnish trial with Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine was conducted during 1973-1974. It demonstrated that the polysaccharide vaccine was 90% efficacious in children greater than or equal to 18-24 months old. The immunologically superior polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines have been used since 1986 in randomized trials. The PRP-D vaccine (polysaccharide conjugated to diphtheria toxoid) was 90% efficacious when given at 3, 4, and 6 months of age to 58,000 infants. In 1988-1989, the PRP-D vaccine was compared with the HbOC vaccine (oligosaccharide conjugated to CRM197 protein). Follow-up is continuing, but both vaccines seem to be efficacious after two doses in infancy.
authors.affiliation: National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eskola
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peltola
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Käyhty
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Takala
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Mäkelä
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000276:immunology; D004168:Diphtheria Toxoid / Q000276:immunology; D005387:Finland; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid / Q000276:immunology; D014611:Vaccination; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D004168:Diphtheria Toxoid; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; C055753:Haemophilus influenza type b polysaccharide vaccine-tetanus toxin conjugate; C052180:Haemophilus influenzae type b-polysaccharide vaccine-diphtheria toxoid conjugate; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic; C061963:HibTITER protein, Haemophilus influenzae