Antibody avidity to pertussis toxin after acellular pertussis vaccination and infection

Pertussis toxin (PT) is a unique virulence factor of Bordetella pertussis, and therefore a key component of acellular pertussis vaccines. Although immunity after infection seems to persist longer than after vaccination, the exact mechanisms are not fully known. In this study the overall binding stre...

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Main Authors: Aapo Knuutila, Tine Dalby, Niina Ahvenainen, Alex-Mikael Barkoff, Charlotte Sværke Jørgensen, Kurt Fuursted, Jussi Mertsola, Qiushui He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2023.2174782