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SUBMITTER: D'Angio CT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2949965 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
D'Angio Carl T CT Heyne Roy J RJ O'Shea T Michael TM Schelonka Robert L RL Shankaran Seetha S Duara Shahnaz S Goldberg Ronald N RN Stoll Barbara J BJ Van Meurs Krisa P KP Vohr Betty R BR Das Abhik A Li Lei L Burton Robert L RL Hastings Betty B Phelps Dale L DL Sanchez Pablo J PJ Carlo Waldemar A WA Stevenson David K DK Higgins Rosemary D RD
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 20100701 7
<h4>Background</h4>The heptavalent pneumococcal CRM197 conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) has been incompletely studied in very-low-birth-weight (< or =1500 g) infants.<h4>Objective</h4>To assess PCV-7 immunogenicity in very-low-birth-weight, premature infants. We hypothesized that the frequency of postvaccine antibody concentrations > or =0.15 microg/mL would vary directly with birth weight.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a multicenter observational study. Infants 401 to 1500 g birth weight and <32 0/7 weeks g ...[more]