title: Vaccination of 18-month-old children with conjugated polyribosyl ribitol phosphate stimulates production of functional antibody to Haemophilus influenzae type b.
abstract: Eighteen-month-old children were immunized with polyribosyl ribitol phosphate (PRP) of Haemophilus influenzae type b or with PRP that had been conjugated to diphtheria toxoid. Conjugated vaccine stimulated significant mean increases in antibody titer as measured by radioimmunoassay and bactericidal effect, as well as a modest increase in opsonizing activity. In contrast unconjugated vaccine caused lesser albeit significant rises in antibody titer, but a negligible antibacterial effect. These results suggest that vaccinating infants with conjugated PRP is more likely to stimulate production of antibodies that are protective against systemic infection caused by H. influenzae type b than vaccinating with unconjugated PRP.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Musher
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lepow
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McVerry
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamill
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Baughn
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D001770:Blood Bactericidal Activity; D004168:Diphtheria Toxoid / Q000276:immunology*; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000276:immunology; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009895:Opsonin Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D011897:Random Allocation
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D004168:Diphtheria Toxoid; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; C052180:Haemophilus influenzae type b-polysaccharide vaccine-diphtheria toxoid conjugate; D009895:Opsonin Proteins; D011134:Polysaccharides; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; C008984:polyribitol phosphate