title: Responses of children to booster immunization with their primary conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine or with polyribosylribitol phosphate conjugated with diphtheria toxoid.
abstract: Children primed with one of four conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines received booster immunization with their primary vaccine or with polyribosylribitol phosphate conjugated with diphtheria toxoid. The latter vaccine produced postbooster antibody levels that equaled or exceeded those produced by boosting with the original vaccine, and thus may be used as a booster irrespective of the original vaccine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D004168:Diphtheria Toxoid / Q000276:immunology*; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007117:Immunization, Secondary; D007223:Infant; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid / Q000276:immunology; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D004168:Diphtheria Toxoid; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; C055753:Haemophilus influenza type b polysaccharide vaccine-tetanus toxin conjugate; C052180:Haemophilus influenzae type b-polysaccharide vaccine-diphtheria toxoid conjugate; C061964:Haemophilus influenzae-type b polysaccharide-Neisseria meningitidis outer membrane protein conjugate vaccine; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic