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[Influence of genetic and phenotypical factors on the efficiency of the vaccination of young children against diphtheria and measles].
Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii i immunobiologii - 1 Jan 2000
Gordeeva L A, Shabaldin A V, Semenova E M, Glushkov A N
Abstract excerpt
The child's sex was shown to influence the character of antibody formation only after immunization against diphtheria with live measles vaccine: girls exhibited stronger reaction to vaccination than boys. Children of different gender were found to have characteristic HLA DR markers of humoral immune response to diphtheria toxoid and measles vaccine. HLA DR7 proved to be the marker of low production of antibodies...
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