Isotype distribution and bactericidal activity of antibodies after immunization with Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines at 18-24 months of age

J Infect Dis. 1988 Nov;158(5):973-82. doi: 10.1093/infdis/158.5.973.

Abstract

The serum antibody response to Haemophilus influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide or its protein conjugate vaccine (PRP and PRP-D, respectively) was studied in 28 children initially immunized at the age of 24 mo with either vaccine and in 10 children immunized for the third time with PRP-D at the age of 18 mo. The methods used were isotype-resolving enzyme immunoassay, Farr-type radioimmunoassay, and the in vitro bactericidal activity (BCA) test. Immunization with PRP evoked a higher proportion of IgA antibodies than did either the first or third dose of PRP-D, whereas the latter vaccine evoked a somewhat higher IgG response, but the differences were not statistically significant. In all groups the IgG antibody responses were predominantly IgG1, with the mean proportions being 82.2%, 84.2%, and 65.9% in the PRP, first-dose PRP-D, and third-dose PRP-D groups, respectively. Postimmunization antibodies were functionally active in the BCA test.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Bacterial / analysis*
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / biosynthesis
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / immunology
  • Bacterial Capsules
  • Bacterial Vaccines / immunology*
  • Blood Bactericidal Activity
  • Haemophilus Vaccines*
  • Haemophilus influenzae / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunization, Secondary
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Immunoglobulin A / analysis
  • Immunoglobulin A / biosynthesis
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis
  • Immunoglobulin G / biosynthesis
  • Immunoglobulin M / analysis
  • Immunoglobulin M / biosynthesis
  • Immunoglobulins / analysis*
  • Immunoglobulins / biosynthesis
  • Immunoglobulins / immunology
  • Infant
  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Radioimmunoassay

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Vaccines
  • Haemophilus Vaccines
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide vaccine
  • Immunoglobulin A
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Immunoglobulins
  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial