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Immune Response to Haemophilus influenzae Type b Vaccination in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure |
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| Authors: | Nicole Hawdon Eli B. Nix Raymond S. W. Tsang Garry Ferroni William G. McCready Marina Ulanova |
| Affiliation: | aNorthern Ontario School of Medicine, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada;bVaccine Preventable Bacterial Disease, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Abstract: | Adult chronic renal failure patients undergoing hemodialysis are at an increased risk of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease due to the lack of functionally active anti-Hib antibodies. The pediatric Hib polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine is highly immunogenic in these patients and can provide protection against invasive Hib infection for at least 1 year. |
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