title: [Vaccine failure].
abstract: The different causes of vaccine failure are presented on the basis of epidemiological definitions and facts. The relevant factors necessary for successful active immunization are potential presence of passively transmitted antibodies, possible interaction with combined vaccine administration, technical requirements, individual immune response, and duration of immunity. Knowledge of these factors often provides the individual explanation for vaccine failure, or serves to prevent it as well as to predict susceptibility to natural infection.
mesh_terms: D000917:Antibody Formation; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D014611:Vaccination; D014612:Vaccines / Q000276:immunology; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D014612:Vaccines; D014765:Viral Vaccines
vernacular_title: Impfversager.