Safety and immunogenicity of a booster dose of Vibrio cholerae CVD 103-HgR live oral cholera vaccine in Swiss adults. |
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| Authors: | S J Cryz Jr M M Levine G Losonsky J B Kaper B Althaus |
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| Affiliation: | Swiss Serum and Vaccine Institute, CH-3001 Berne. |
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| Abstract: | Adult volunteers received a booster dose (4 x 10(8) CFU) of attenuated Vibrio cholerae CVD 103-HgR oral vaccine 15 or 24 months after primary immunization. The immune response was modest, presumably due to rapid clearance of the vaccine strain by a primed immune system. |
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