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Genetic variants within the MHC region are associated with immune responsiveness to childhood vaccinations.
Vaccine - 4 Nov 2013
Yucesoy Berran, Talzhanov Yerkebulan, Johnson Victor J, Wilson Nevin W, Biagini Raymond E, Wang Wei, Frye Bonnie, Weissman David N, Germolec Dori R, Luster Michael I, Barmada Michael M
Abstract excerpt
The influence of genetic variability within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region on variations in immune responses to childhood vaccination was investigated. The study group consisted of 135 healthy infants who had been immunized with hepatitis B (HBV), 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate (PCV7), and diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccines according to standard childhood immunization...
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