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SUBMITTER: Wahid R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3035995 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wahid Rezwanul R Pasetti Marcela F MF Maciel Milton M Simon Jakub K JK Tacket Carol O CO Levine Myron M MM Sztein Marcelo B MB
Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) 20101210 2
Attenuated live oral typhoid vaccine candidate CVD 909 constitutively expresses Salmonella Typhi capsular polysaccharide antigen (Vi). A randomized, double-blind, heterologous prime-boost clinical study was conducted to determine whether immunity to licensed parenteral Vi vaccine could be enhanced by priming with CVD 909. Priming with CVD 909 elicited higher and persistent, albeit not significant, anti-Vi IgG and IgA following immunization with Vi, than placebo-primed recipients. Vi-specific IgA ...[more]