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| Simonsen,V.; Brandão,A.P.; Brandileone,M.C.C.; Yara,T.I.; Di Fabio,J.L.; Lopes,M.H.; Jacob Filho,W.. |
| Serum antibodies specific for the capsular polysaccharides of Streptococcus pneumoniae provide protection against invasive pneumococcal infection. In Brazil, this vaccine has been used for people over 65 years with clinical risk to develop pneumococcal infection since 1999. We evaluated the immune response of 102 elderly subjects (75.5% females and 24.5% males) with a mean age of 71 years, and 19 young healthy adults (63.2% females and 36.8% males) with a mean age of 27 years. The elderly study group consisted of outpatients who received follow-up care in the Geriatric Department of General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo. None had acute illness at the time of vaccination. Both groups were immunized with one intra-deltoid injection... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Streptococcus pneumoniae; Vaccine; Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine; Immune response; Elderly subjects. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000200014 |
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