Clinical and Vaccine Immunology: 24 (2)

February 2017; Volume 24,Issue 2

Spotlight

Vaccines
Kinetics of Meningococcal Serogroup C-Specific Functional Antibody Levels Up to 15 Years after a Single Immunization with a Meningococcal Serogroup C Conjugate Vaccine during Adolescence
Susanne P. Stoof, Mariëtte B. van Ravenhorst, Debbie M. van Rooijen, Richarda M. de Voer, Fiona R. M. van der Klis, Greet J. Boland, Elisabeth A. M. Sanders, Guy A. M. Berbers, Peter F. Teunis
Open Access

Vaccines
Safety and Immunogenicity of the Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis BCG Vaccine VPM1002 in HIV-Unexposed Newborn Infants in South Africa
André G. Loxton, Julia K. Knaul, Leander Grode, Andrea Gutschmidt, Christiane Meller, Bernd Eisele, Hilary Johnstone, Gian van der Spuy, Jeroen Maertzdorf, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, Anneke C. Hesseling, Gerhard Walzl, Mark F. Cotton
and the VPM Study Group

Open Access

Clinical Immunology | Spotlight
Functional and Antigen-Specific Serum Antibody Levels as Correlates of Protection against Shigellosis in a Controlled Human Challenge Study
Avital A. Shimanovich, Amanda D. Buskirk, Shannon J. Heine, William C. Blackwelder, Rezwanul Wahid, Karen L. Kotloff, Marcela F. Pasetti
Clinical Immunology | Spotlight
An Opsonic Phagocytosis Assay for Plasmodium falciparum Sporozoites
Ryan W. J. Steel, Brandon K. Sack, Moriya Tsuji, Mary Jane L. Navarro, Will Betz, Matt E. Fishbaugher, Erika L. Flannery, Stefan H. I. Kappe
Clinical Immunology
Assignment of Opsonic Values to Pneumococcal Reference Serum 007sp for Use in Opsonophagocytic Assays for 13 Serotypes
R. L. Burton, J. Antonello, D. Cooper, D. Goldblatt, K. H. Kim, B. D. Plikaytis, L. Roalfe, D. Wauters, F. Williams, G. L. Xie, M. H. Nahm, M. Akkoyunlu

Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
Serological Analysis of Tuberculosis in Goats by Use of the Enferplex Caprine TB Multiplex Test
Amanda O'Brien, Clare Whelan, John B. Clarke, Alastair Hayton, Neil J. Watt, Gordon D. Harkiss
Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
Challenges in Interpretation of Diagnostic Test Results in a Mumps Outbreak in a Highly Vaccinated Population
L. A. Trotz-Williams, N. J. Mercer, K. Paphitis, J. M. Walters, D. Wallace, E. Kristjanson, J. Gubbay, T. Mazzulli