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

Tapia, MD; Findlow, H; Idoko, OT; Preziosi, M; Kulkarni, PS; Enwere, GC; Elie, C; Parulekar, V; Sow, SO; Haidara, FC; +14 more...Diallo, F; Doumbia, M; Akinsola, AK; Adegbola, RA; Kampmann, BORCID logo; Chaumont, J; Martellet, L; Marchetti, E; Viviani, S; Tang, Y; Plikaytis, BD; LaForce, FM; Carlone, G; Borrow, R and (2015) Antibody Persistence 1-5 Years Following Vaccination With MenAfriVac in African Children Vaccinated at 12-23 Months of Age. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 61 Sup (Suppl). S514-S520. ISSN 1058-4838 DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ672
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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.


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