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Clinical Trial
. 2015 Nov 15;61 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):S514-20.
doi: 10.1093/cid/civ672.

Antibody Persistence 1-5 Years Following Vaccination With MenAfriVac in African Children Vaccinated at 12-23 Months of Age

Milagritos D Tapia  1 , Helen Findlow  2 , Olubukola T Idoko  3 , Marie-Pierre Preziosi  4 , Prasad S Kulkarni  5 , Godwin C Enwere  6 , Cheryl Elie  7 , Varsha Parulekar  8 , Samba O Sow  9 , Fadima Cheick Haidara  9 , Fatoumata Diallo  9 , Moussa Doumbia  9 , Adebayo K Akinsola  3 , Richard A Adegbola  10 , Beate Kampmann  3 , Julie Chaumont  6 , Lionel Martellet  6 , Elisa Marchetti  6 , Simonetta Viviani  6 , Yuxiao Tang  11 , Brian D Plikaytis  7 , F Marc LaForce  5 , George Carlone  7 , Ray Borrow  2
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Antibody Persistence 1-5 Years Following Vaccination With MenAfriVac in African Children Vaccinated at 12-23 Months of Age

Milagritos D Tapia et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Background: Following mass vaccination campaigns in the African meningitis belt with group A meningococcal conjugate vaccine, MenAfriVac (PsA-TT), disease due to group A meningococci has nearly disappeared. Antibody persistence in healthy African toddlers was investigated.

Methods: African children vaccinated at 12-23 months of age with PsA-TT were followed for evaluation of antibody persistence up to 5 years after primary vaccination. Antibody persistence was evaluated by measuring group A serum bactericidal antibody (SBA) with rabbit complement and by a group A-specific IgG enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Results: Group A antibodies measured by SBA and ELISA were shown to decline in the year following vaccination and plateaued at levels significantly above baseline for up to 5 years following primary vaccination.

Conclusions: A single dose of PsA-TT induces long-term sustained levels of group A meningococcal antibodies for up to 5 years after vaccination.

Clinical trials registration: ISRTCN78147026.

Keywords: African meningitis belt; MenAfriVac; antibody persistence; group A meningococcal conjugate vaccine.

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Subject disposition. Abbreviations: Hib-TT, Haemophilus influenzae type b–tetanus toxoid vaccine; PsACWY, polysaccharide ACWY vaccine; PsA-TT, meningococcal A polysaccharide–tetanus toxoid protein conjugate vaccine.
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