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Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine combined with Bordetella parapertussis vaccine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Neda Köhler-Kubelka
Neda Köhler-Kubelka
Affiliation:
The Institute of Immunology, Mirogojska 6, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
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Investigations carried out to ascertain the ability of various strains of Bordetella pertussis and B. parapertussis to produce agglutinins have shown that the agglutinin response is considerably greater with B. parapertussis.

Children inoculated with a combined vaccine in which the parapertussis element contained B. parapertussis in only one-twelfth of the concentration of B. pertussis in the pertussis element showed agglutinins in their sera in titres well above 1:300 for both organisms. There were no cross-reactions and the serological responses were specific throughout. The vaccine used was the standard diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) prophylactic to which had been added a vaccine prepared from recently isolated strains of B. parapertussis.

Agglutinin titres of both whooping cough components with the combined vaccine were somewhat lower in mice than was the case when monovalent vaccines were used, but they were considered to be satisfactory.

It is suggested that the agglutination production test in mice could be used for the assessment of protective power of B. parapertussis vaccines against infection.

I wish to thank Dr Ikić, director of the Institute of Immunology, Zagreb, who enabled me to perform all these examinations, further to Dr B. Mravunac and Dr Z. Radanov for having carried out vaccination in children and for the clinical examination of post vaccination reactions.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 60 , Issue 3 , September 1962 , pp. 289 - 293
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1962

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