Biological sex influences antibody responses to routine vaccinations in the first year of life.
Acta Paediatr
; 109(1): 147-157, 2020 01.
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| ID: mdl-31610635
ABSTRACT
AIM:
We investigated the effect of early-life factors, namely sex, delivery mode, feeding method and antibiotic exposure, on antibody responses to routine vaccinations administered during the first year of life.METHODS:
One and seven months after the primary course of routine vaccines and 1 month after routine vaccines at 12 months of age, antibodies against 26 vaccine antigens were measured in 398 healthy infants. The geometric mean concentration (GMC) of antibodies (adjusted for effect modifiers with multiple linear regression) and the seroprotection rate for each vaccine were compared for each early-life factor.RESULTS:
Sex had an influence on GMCs. Antibody concentrations were significantly lower at 7 months of age in females for tetanus and filamentous haemagglutinin and at 13 months of age for pertactin. In contrast, at 13 months of age, antibody concentrations were significantly higher in females for polio type 3, pneumococcal serotype 6A and measles. Sex did not have an influence on seroprotection rates. Delivery mode, feeding method and antibiotic exposure did not exert a substantial influence on vaccine antibody concentrations.CONCLUSION:
There is a difference between males and females in the humoral response to routine vaccinations in the first year of life.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Caracteres Sexuais
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Vacinação
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Imunogenicidade da Vacina
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Formação de Anticorpos
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Paediatr
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália