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Safety and immunogenicity of three doses of an eleven-valent diphtheria toxoid and tetanus protein--conjugated pneumococcal vaccine in Filipino infantsMaria Z Rosario Capeding
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Metro Manila, Philippines
BMC Infect Dis 3:17. 2003..An 11-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine could provide significantly larger reduction in pneumococcal disease burden than the currently available 7-valent vaccine formulation in many countries...
Antibody response to an eleven valent diphtheria- and tetanus-conjugated pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Filipino infantsTaneli Puumalainen
National Public Health Institute, Department of Vaccines, Helsinki, Finland
Pediatr Infect Dis J 21:309-14. 2002..Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines are intended to provide effective protection against pneumococcal infections, but very little information on antibody responses in infants living in countries with high pneumococcal disease burden exists...
Greater antibody responses to an eleven valent mixed carrier diphtheria- or tetanus-conjugated pneumococcal vaccine in Filipino than in Finnish or Israeli infantsTaneli Puumalainen
Department of Vaccinology, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Pediatr Infect Dis J 22:141-9. 2003..Understanding the causes and significance of this variation could help to determine the number of doses and timing required for protection against pneumococcal diseases in each country...
Functional antibodies elicited by an 11-valent diphtheria-tetanus toxoid-conjugated pneumococcal vaccineTaneli Puumalainen
Department of Vaccinology, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
J Infect Dis 187:1704-8. 2003..e., the concentration required for in vitro killing of pneumococci decreased). Both the quantity and quality of antibodies are important in the evaluation of immunogenicity of pneumococcal vaccines...
Clinical case review: a method to improve identification of true clinical and radiographic pneumonia in children meeting the World Health Organization definition for pneumoniaTaneli Puumalainen
National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN 00300 Helsinki, Finland
BMC Infect Dis 8:95. 2008..The definition is also commonly used as an entry criteria or endpoint in different intervention and disease burden studies...
Similar antibody concentrations in Filipino infants at age 9 months, after 1 or 3 doses of an adjuvanted, 11-valent pneumococcal diphtheria/tetanus-conjugated vaccine: a randomized controlled trialMarilla G Lucero
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa, Manila, Philippines
J Infect Dis 189:2077-84. 2004..This finding is an important one for countries with financial constraints and high pneumococcal disease burden...
