title: Characteristic of humoral response of elderly to inactivated influenza vaccine.
abstract: Eighty persons immunized with inactivated influenza vaccine in 1990-1991 epidemic season were examined. Serological tests: hemagglutination inhibition (HI), lectin neuraminidase (LN) and Western blot were performed with serum specimens taken before and 3-4 weeks after vaccination. Distribution of anti-influenza antibodies in the subclass was also examined. The results revealed humoral response to vaccine strains of influenza virus and also to strains caused infections in the past.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Siennicka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D015153:Blotting, Western; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology*; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D014611:Vaccination; D015164:Vaccines, Inactivated / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007252:Influenza Vaccines; D015164:Vaccines, Inactivated