RESUMO
Antibody to 7 common pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides was measured in 11 children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection who had been previously vaccinated with 23-valent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine, 11 unvaccinated children with HIV infection, and 11 healthy subjects. No differences in capsule-specific IgG levels against serotypes 4, 6B, 8, 12F, 14, 19A, and 19F were observed among the vaccinees with HIV infection compared with unvaccinated children with HIV infection and age-matched control children.
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Anticorpos Antibacterianos/sangue , Vacinas Bacterianas/imunologia , Infecções por HIV/imunologia , Imunoglobulina G/sangue , Polissacarídeos Bacterianos/imunologia , Streptococcus pneumoniae/imunologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Vacinas PneumocócicasRESUMO
With the objective of defining the intrafamiliar distribution pattern of the infection and illness caused by Toxocara sp., 78 infected families (356 people) were studied for 30 months. At the same time 28 families free of infection were studied, as a control group (97 people). The socioeconomic level was analyzed according to a modified Graffar index. Contac with canine and feline pets, and antecedents of geophagia and onichophagia were found to be risk factors which would facilitate the infection. The average of persons infected, diagnosed by ELISA Toxocara test, was 2.8 per family. The importance of familiar distribution of the infection and its primary prevention is strongly stressed.