The antibody response of seronegative infants to inactivated poliovirus vaccine of enhanced potency

J Biol Stand. 1986 Apr;14(2):127-31. doi: 10.1016/0092-1157(86)90031-4.

Abstract

The immunogenic efficacy of inactivated poliovirus vaccine of enhanced potency (IPV-E), containing 40, 8 and 32 D-antigen units of types 1, 2 and 3, respectively, was evaluated in tritypic seronegative infants. Eighty infants aged six to 45 weeks, with no antibody detectable at a 1 : 4 dilution, were given two doses of a quadruple vaccine containing diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT) vaccine and IPV-E at intervals of four weeks (37 infants, group 1) or eight weeks (43 infants, group 2) between doses. All infants of group 2 responded with antibody to the three types of polioviruses. In group 1, all responded to types 1 and 3 antigens but only 36 responded to type 2. Antibody titres were higher in infants immunized at eight week than at four week intervals. Thus, two doses of IPV-E, especially when given eight weeks apart, are sufficient for primary immunization against poliomyelitis. If DPT vaccine of enhanced potency is combined with IPV-E, two doses of such a quadruple vaccine may be sufficient for primary immunization against four diseases; this possibility deserves evaluation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Viral / analysis*
  • Diphtheria Toxoid / administration & dosage
  • Diphtheria Toxoid / immunology
  • Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine
  • Drug Combinations / administration & dosage
  • Drug Combinations / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunization
  • Infant
  • Pertussis Vaccine / administration & dosage
  • Pertussis Vaccine / immunology
  • Poliovirus / immunology*
  • Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated / administration & dosage
  • Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated / immunology*
  • Tetanus Toxoid / administration & dosage
  • Tetanus Toxoid / immunology
  • Time Factors
  • Vaccines, Attenuated / administration & dosage
  • Vaccines, Attenuated / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Diphtheria Toxoid
  • Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine
  • Drug Combinations
  • Pertussis Vaccine
  • Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated
  • Tetanus Toxoid
  • Vaccines, Attenuated