Pneumococcal dosing regimen
AssigneeWyeth
InventorsGeorge Rainer Siber, Peter R. Paradiso, Jill Hackell, Stephen Paul Lockhart, William P. Hausdorff
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Abstract
Methods of immunizing older adult subjects against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection are provided. Provided methods comprise immunization of naïve adult subjects with a conjugated pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine. Optionally, initial immunization may be followed by additional immunization doses comprising conjugated pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine or unconjugated pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine composition.
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A method of immunizing against a Streptococcus pneumoniae-caused disease in a subject who is at least 50 years of age and has previously received a 23-valent pneumococcal unconjugated polysaccharide vaccine,
- wherein said method comprises administering to said subject an immunogenic amount of a pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine comprising polysaccharides of serotypes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F, and 23F, and
- wherein said pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine is administered to said subject at least one year after the subject received the 23-valent pneumococcal unconjugated polysaccharide vaccine.
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