Antibody persistence after pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

• Main Authors: Vesa Lindström (Author), Janne Aittoniemi (Author), Urpu Salmenniemi (Author), Helena Käyhty (Author), Heini Huhtala (Author), Maija Itälä-Remes (Author), Marjatta Sinisalo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are at a high risk for infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. A pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) can induce a significant antibody response for some CLL patients. In this study we investigated antibody persistence after PCV7 in patients wi...