Evaluating immune responses to pneumococcal vaccines

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Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is a significant cause of bacterial infections ranging from mild infections affecting the respiratory tract such as otitis media and sinusitis to severe diseases including bacteremia, pneumonia, and invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) (eg, meningitis, septic arthritis, and endocarditis). Pneumococcal vaccines were first developed in the 1970s as capsular pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines, which were T-cell independent and hence lacked immunologic memory. Subsequently in the year 2000, pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) conjugated to a protein to increase immunogenicity were developed and made commercially available. The increasing number of pneumococcal serotypes identified and the expanding pipeline of PCV vaccines with improved immunogenicity have significantly reduced the morbidity and mortality associated with IPD in high-risk patients. Pneumococcal vaccines also play an important role in the diagnosis and immunophenotyping of children and adults with inborn errors of immunity (IEI) given the increasing diversity/heterogeneity of IEI presenting with primary and/or specific antibody deficiency. Other than the quantitation of serotype levels in routine clinical care, other measurements of immune response including the functional activity of antibodies, antibody avidity, cell-mediated immunity, and immunological memory remain limited to clinical trials during vaccine development.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Asia Pacific allergy - 13(2023), 3 vom: 14. Sept., Seite 127-131

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Thong, Bernard Yu-Hor [VerfasserIn]
Pawankar, Ruby [VerfasserIn]
Park, Hae-Sim [VerfasserIn]
Abdul Latiff, Amir Hamzah [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adverse effects
Immunization schedule
Journal Article
Pneumococcal vaccines
Review
Vaccine efficacy

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Date Revised 26.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.5415/apallergy.0000000000000114

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362414270