Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10969507 | Vaccine | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
In order to evaluate the immunogenicity, safety, and tolerability of monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza A/H1N1 MF59-adjuvanted vaccine in patients with β-thalassemia major, 31 subjects (19 males; mean age 17.8 ± 8.7 years) with β-thalassemia major and 28 age- and gender-matched healthy controls were enrolled. Four weeks after vaccination, seroconversion rates were about 80% and seroprotection rates 100% in both groups. Three months after vaccination, most of the subjects remained seroconverted and the seroprotection rates were 93.5% among the patients and 100% among the controls. Safety and tolerability were also very good, with no differences between the groups.
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Authors
Susanna Esposito, Emanuela D'Angelo, Cristina Daleno, Francesco Peia, Alessia Scala, Domenico Serra, Nadia Mirra, Carlotta Galeone, Nicola Principi,