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Persistence of antibodies in adolescents 18−24 months after immunization with one, two, or three doses of 4CMenB meningococcal serogroup B vaccine

2013; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 9; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4161/hv.25505

ISSN

2164-554X

Autores

Marı́a Elena Santolaya, Miguel O’Ryan, María Teresa Valenzuela, Valeria Prado, Rodrigo Vergara, Alma Muñoz, Daniela Toneatto, Gabriela Graña, Wang Hua-jun, Peter Dull,

Tópico(s)

Virology and Viral Diseases

Resumo

We previously demonstrated the immunogenicity and tolerability of the serogroup B meningococcal vaccine, 4CMenB (Bexsero®), in 11−17 y-olds randomized to receive 1, 2, or 3 doses at 1, 2, or 6 mo intervals. Participants in this extension study provided an additional blood sample 18−24 mo after last vaccine dose, to assess persistence of serum bactericidal activity with human complement (hSBA), and to compare with age-matched 4CMenB-naïve controls.In the original study, one month after one 4CMenB dose, 93% of subjects had seroprotective hSBA titers (≥4) against indicator serogroup B strains for individual vaccine antigens (fHbp, NadA and NZOMV), increasing to ~100% after two or three doses. After 18−24 mo, 62−73% of subjects given one dose had titers ≥4 against the three antigens, significantly lower rates than after two (77−94%) or three (86−97%) doses. Only proportions with titers ≥ 4 against NZOMV were significantly different between the two (77%) and three (90%, p < 0.0001) dose groups. These results confirm that two doses of 4CMenB, administered 1 to 6 mo apart, provide good levels of bactericidal activity against serogroup B meningococci, which were sustained at least 18−24 mo in over 64% of adolescents for all three tested vaccine-related antigens.

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