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SUBMITTER: Russell FM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2857918 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Russell F M FM Licciardi P V PV Balloch A A Biaukula V V Tikoduadua L L Carapetis J R JR Nelson J J Jenney A W J AW Waqatakirewa L L Colquhoun S S Cheung Y B YB Tang M L K ML Mulholland E K EK
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Fijian infants aged 6 weeks were stratified by ethnicity and randomized to receive 0, 1, 2, or 3 PCV-7 doses with or without the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV-23) at 12 months. Strong booster effects for all 7 PCV-7 serotypes were elicited, and for 4/7 serotypes these responses were highest in the single PCV-7 group. There were fourfold rises in GMC for all non-PCV-7 serotypes. By 17 months the PPV-23 group still had significantly higher GMC (each p<0.001) for all serotypes. ...[more]