tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Vaccine. 2011 Dec 8. [Epub ahead of print]
Immunogenicity and safety of inactivated monovalent 2009 H1N1 influenza A vaccine in immunocompromised children and young adults.
Hakim H, Allison KJ, Van De Velde LA, Li Y, Flynn P, McCullers JA.
Source
Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, United States.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Influenza vaccination is recommended for immunocompromised patients.
METHODS:
Children (6 months to 21 years) with cancer, HIV infection, or sickle cell disease (SCD) received 1 or 2 doses of pandemic 2009 H1N1 monovalent influenza vaccine (H1N1 MIV). Safety and tolerability, hemagglutination inhibition (HI) and microneutralization (MN) antibody titers were measured against 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus after each dose. Seroprotection (SP) and seroconversion (SC) rates were determined.
RESULTS:
103 participants were enrolled and 99 were evaluable (39 with HIV, 37 with cancer and 23 with SCD). Mean age (?SD) was 7.9 (?5.4) years for cancer participants, 18.0 (?3.5) for HIV, and 13.3 (?4.2) for SCD. 54% were males; 65% black; and 96% had received seasonal influenza vaccine. HIV-infected participants had a median CD4 count of 625cells/mm(3) (range, 140-1260). 46% had an undetectable HIV viral load and 41% were perinatally infected. No participant had vaccine-related serious adverse events. None developed influenza A proven illness during the 6 months after the vaccine. Local injection reactions were reported in 29% and systemic reactions in 42% after the first dose of vaccine. SC and SP were achieved after the last dose in 48% and 52%, respectively, of participants with leukemia or lymphoma, 50% and 75% of participants with solid tumors, 63% and 92% of HIV-infected participants, and 74% and 100% of participants with SCD.
CONCLUSION:
H1N1 MIV was safe and well tolerated. H1N1 MIV resulted in an adequate immune response in children with SCD. It was only modestly immunogenic in cancer or HIV participants.
Copyright ? 2011. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PMID:
22155630
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22155630
Immunogenicity and safety of inactivated monovalent 2009 H1N1 influenza A vaccine in immunocompromised children and young adults.
Hakim H, Allison KJ, Van De Velde LA, Li Y, Flynn P, McCullers JA.
Source
Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, United States.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Influenza vaccination is recommended for immunocompromised patients.
METHODS:
Children (6 months to 21 years) with cancer, HIV infection, or sickle cell disease (SCD) received 1 or 2 doses of pandemic 2009 H1N1 monovalent influenza vaccine (H1N1 MIV). Safety and tolerability, hemagglutination inhibition (HI) and microneutralization (MN) antibody titers were measured against 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus after each dose. Seroprotection (SP) and seroconversion (SC) rates were determined.
RESULTS:
103 participants were enrolled and 99 were evaluable (39 with HIV, 37 with cancer and 23 with SCD). Mean age (?SD) was 7.9 (?5.4) years for cancer participants, 18.0 (?3.5) for HIV, and 13.3 (?4.2) for SCD. 54% were males; 65% black; and 96% had received seasonal influenza vaccine. HIV-infected participants had a median CD4 count of 625cells/mm(3) (range, 140-1260). 46% had an undetectable HIV viral load and 41% were perinatally infected. No participant had vaccine-related serious adverse events. None developed influenza A proven illness during the 6 months after the vaccine. Local injection reactions were reported in 29% and systemic reactions in 42% after the first dose of vaccine. SC and SP were achieved after the last dose in 48% and 52%, respectively, of participants with leukemia or lymphoma, 50% and 75% of participants with solid tumors, 63% and 92% of HIV-infected participants, and 74% and 100% of participants with SCD.
CONCLUSION:
H1N1 MIV was safe and well tolerated. H1N1 MIV resulted in an adequate immune response in children with SCD. It was only modestly immunogenic in cancer or HIV participants.
Copyright ? 2011. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PMID:
22155630
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22155630