Article
Safety and immunogenicity of live attenuated cold-adapted influenza B/Ann Arbor/1/86 reassortant virus vaccine in infants and children.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Apr 1991
Edwards K M, King J C, Steinhoff M C, Thompson J, Clements M L, Wright P F, Murphy B R
Abstract excerpt
A cold-adapted (ca) influenza B reassortant vaccine consisting of two genes encoding the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase from wild-type influenza B/Ann Arbor/1/86 virus and the six internal RNA segments from influenza B/Ann Arbor/1/66 ca virus was evaluated in 18 seropositive and 57 seronegative infants and children. The ca reassortant was infectious in seronegative vaccinees, with an estimated 50% human...
Topics
- Antibodies, Viral
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cold Temperature
- Double-Blind Method
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests
- Humans
- Infant
- Influenza B virus
