Vaccine Response
| The immune response of an individual can vary depending on the nature of the antigen initiating the response. Failure to produce the appropriate specific antibody response or the production of functionally inactive antibodies may result in recurrent and/or persistent infection. The immune system is able to recognize protein antigens adequately from the first year of life and this is the basis of vaccination policies worldwide. The ability to respond to polysaccharide antigens starts to mature from the age of 2 – 3 years until adulthood. When the immune system loses its functional ability to produce specific antibodies the ability to respond to polysaccharide antigens is the first to diminish while the specific antibody response to protein antigens remains intact for longer. These specific antibody responses are often lost before hypogammaglobulinemia becomes apparent. |
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