Persistence of protection against invasive bacteria-memory b cell response in infants after immunisation

<p>Rapid waning of antibody and vaccine effectiveness is observed following infant immunisation with protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccines. This is despite the demonstrable presence of immunological memory. However, disease can develop within a few days of carriage acquisition of encapsula...

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Main Author: Rohner, G
Format: Thesis
Published: 2008