Immunogenicity and safety of 3-dose primary vaccination with combined DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib vaccine in Canadian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal infants. Issue 16 (15th April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Scheifele, David W.; Ferguson, Murdo; Predy, Gerald; Dawar, Meena; Assudani, Deepak; Kuriyakose, Sherine; Van Der Meeren, Olivier; Han, Htay-Htay
• Is Part Of: Vaccine. Volume 33:Issue 16(2015)
• Page Start: 1897
• Page End: 1900
• Publication Date: 2015-04-15
• Subjects: Vaccines -- Periodicals; 615.372
• DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.02.015
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0264-410X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">These are the first available data on immune responses of Canadian Aboriginal infants to routine vaccines.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Responses of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal infants were compared after 3 doses of a hexavalent combination vaccine.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Responses to <italic>H. influenzae</italic> b and hepatitis B components were at least as high in Aboriginal as in non-Aboriginal infants.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>