Activation of Cell‐Mediated Immunity Following Immunization with Pneumococcal Conjugate or Polysaccharide Vaccine*
Open Access
- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
- Vol. 53 (4) , 422-428
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3083.2001.00882.x
Abstract
The immunogenicity of pneumococcal polysaccharide (PS) vaccines can be improved by conjugating PS to a polypeptide carrier that alters the immune response from T‐cell independent to T‐cell dependent....Keywords
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