title: Acellular pertussis vaccine in adults: adverse reactions and immune response.
abstract: An acellular pertussis vaccine JNIH-6 containing pertussis toxin and filamentous hemagglutinin was evaluated in adult volunteers with regard to adverse reactions and antibody response. Adverse reactions were few and mild. A late onset local reaction was seen in 22 of the 47 vaccinees (47%) as compared to none of the 20 subjects receiving a placebo, the carrier solution of aluminium phosphate of the vaccine. The reaction, which manifested itself on the 6th to 8th day after vaccination, consisted in all cases of an induration and/or swelling considered insignificant by the majority of the subjects. The reaction was only found in vaccinees receiving a first dose of vaccine and was independent of the prevaccination antitoxin level. The vaccine induced a highly satisfactory antibody response to both filamentous hemagglutinin and pertussis toxin.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010567:Pertussis Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000276:immunology; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D006388:Hemagglutinins; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D010567:Pertussis Vaccine; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D037342:Pertussis Toxin