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SUBMITTER: Lindstrom V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6037466 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lindström Vesa V Aittoniemi Janne J Salmenniemi Urpu U Käyhty Helena H Huhtala Heini H Itälä-Remes Maija M Sinisalo Marjatta M
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 20180223 6
Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are at a high risk for infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. A pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) can induce a significant antibody response for some CLL patients. In this study we investigated antibody persistence after PCV7 in patients with CLL. The study material comprised 24 patients with CLL and 8 immunocompetent controls. The median antibody concentrations five years after PCV7 were lower for six pneumococcal serotypes in patients ...[more]