title: Safety of a live-attenuated Japanese encephalitis virus vaccine (SA14-14-2) for children.
abstract: In a study begun in 1985, 1,026 children between the ages of 5 and 12 years, living in an area of low Japanese encephalitis (JE) infection, were vaccinated with live-attenuated JE vaccine, strain SA14-14-2. A group of 47 of the vaccinated children, 5-6 years of age, were examined for fever and other systemic reactions every other day for 2 weeks following vaccination. None of these children had temperatures greater than 37.4 degrees C or other systemic reactions during the observation period. No untoward reactions were reported in the remainder of the vaccinated group. After immunization, seroconversion rates in seronegative children were 100% (GMT 35.3, n = 11), 100% (GMT 31.7, n = 12), and 83.3% (GMT 23, n = 10) in groups receiving vaccine diluted 1:3, 1:5, and 1:50, respectively. These results indicate that the JE SA14-14-2 live-attenuated vaccine is immunogenic and safe for children.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.forename: Z G
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Ming
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Min
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001831:Body Temperature; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004664:Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / Q000276:immunology; D004672:Encephalitis, Japanese / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated; D014765:Viral Vaccines