Abstract
Two hundred forty-one healthy infants were enrolled in an open randomised controlled study of three doses of DTaP-IPV-Hib (Group 1) or DTwP/Hib + OPV (Group 2) at 2, 3 and 4 months of age given concurrently with a meningitis C conjugate vaccine. After each dose, local reactions (any grade) were less common in Group 1 than Group 2 (p < 0.03). Axillary temperature >37.5 °C, decreased feeding, reduced activity, irritability and crying in the week after vaccination were also less common in Group 1 than Group 2 (p < 0.05 for each symptom, all doses combined). Severe local reactions and systemic symptoms were uncommon and occurred equally in both groups. The pentavalent DTaP-IPV-Hib vaccine was less reactogenic than the quadrivalent DTwP-Hib vaccine, as expected when changing from whole cell pertussis (wP) to an acellular pertussis (aP) component.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3964-3970 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Vaccine |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 18 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 May 2006 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding: The field costs of the study were supported by Sanofi Pasteur MSD. J.S. and R.M. were supported by a grant from the Department of Health Research and Development Directorate (grant number 1217470).
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Keywords
- Acellular pertussis
- Combination vaccine
- Safety
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