Serum antibody response to polysaccharides in children with recurrent respiratory tract infections
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López Yap, Alberto
Abdelnour Vásquez, Arturo
Lomonte, Bruno
Porras Madrigal, Oscar
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We evaluated children (15-months old and older) with recurrent upper respiratory tract infections and normal
levels of immunoglobulins in serum for specific polysaccharide immunodeficiency using an enzyme-linked
immunosorbent assay method. Results showed that of 12 patients vaccinated with Act-HIB vaccine, one did not
develop specific antibodies to Haemophilus influenzae type b, demonstrating that such immunodeficiency is
present in Costa Rican children.
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immunodeficiency
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http://cvi.asm.org/content/8/5/1012
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