title: Biological activity of Hib conjugates.
abstract: Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccines dramatically improve the immunogenicity against the capsular polysaccharide (PRP) of Hib. A new Hib conjugate, PedvaxHIB, is shown to be immunogenic in infant rhesus monkeys. The monkey model appears to correlate well with the immunogenicity of PedvaxHIB in human clinical studies. Not all commercial Hib conjugates are immunogenic in the monkey model. The data from the priming study indicate that HibTITER is not immunogenic in an immune system naive to diphtheria toxoid, such as the infant rhesus monkey. The role of diphtheria toxoid in the immunogenicity of HibTITER in human infants should be studied.
authors.affiliation: Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Vella
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Staub
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000276:immunology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; C061964:Haemophilus influenzae-type b polysaccharide-Neisseria meningitidis outer membrane protein conjugate vaccine; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; C061963:HibTITER protein, Haemophilus influenzae