Publication
Title
Evaluation of cellular immunity to mumps in vaccinated individuals with or without circulating antibodies up to 16 years after their last vaccination
Author
Abstract
In this observational study, mumps-specific in vitro lymphoproliferation was measured in 24 subjects with low antibody titers and 24 subjects with high antibody titers who received their last vaccine dose up to 16 years previously. Overall, a significant lymphoproliferative response was found in 32 subjects (66.7%)-namely, in 13 (54.2%) of those with low antibody titers and 19 (79.2%) of those with high antibody titers. The mean stimulation index for subjects with low antibody titers was 4.47, whereas that for subjects with high antibody titers was 8.31 (P=.032). Mumps vaccine-induced cell-mediated immunity appears to be more persistent than the antibody response.
Language
English
Source (journal)
The journal of infectious diseases. - Chicago, Ill.
Publication
Chicago, Ill. : 2009
ISSN
0022-1899
DOI
10.1086/598482
Volume/pages
199 :10 (2009) , p. 1457-1460
ISI
000265509600008
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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