The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 153, Issue 3 , Pages 327-332.e1, September 2008

Poor Immune Responses to a Birth Dose of Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine

  • Natasha B. Halasa, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH, D7232 Medical Center N., 1161 21st Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37232
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  • Alice O'Shea, RN

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
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  • Jian R. Shi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
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  • Bonnie J. LaFleur, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Section of Biostatistics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Kathryn M. Edwards, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN

Received 13 September 2007; received in revised form 18 January 2008; accepted 12 March 2008. published online 28 April 2008.

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 Supported by an NIH-sponsored Mentored Institutional Clinical Research Scholar Program (K12 RR-017697); an NIH-funded K 23 award (1K23AI064246-01), and an independent investigator-initiated grant from sanofi-pasteur. Facilities for study conduct were also provided in the Vanderbilt General Clinical Research Center (M01 RR-00095), supported by the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00201-1

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.03.011

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  • Blame Vaccine Interference, Not Neonatal Immunization, for Suboptimal Responses after Neonatal Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Acellular Pertussis Immunization

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The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 153, Issue 3 , Pages 327-332.e1, September 2008

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