Neonatal Immunization With Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Papua New Guinea

Summary

The National Health Plan 2001-2010 calls for investigation of the feasibility of pneumococcal vaccines for Papau New Guinea. The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Institute of Medical Research, the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and the Department of Paediatrics, University of Western Australia will collaborate to examine very closely the safety of neonatal vaccination, particularly with regard to impact on the development of immunity and response to other vaccines given to infants. This study will also provide a unique opportunity for training of PNG and Australian scientists in both countries.

Timeline

Start

2005-05

Primary completion

2009-05

Completion

2010-05

Publications

• Results van den Biggelaar AH, Richmond PC, Pomat WS, Phuanukoonnon S, Nadal-Sims MA, Devitt CJ, Siba PM, Lehmann D, Holt PG. Neonatal pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunization primes T cells for preferential Th2 cytokine expression: a randomized controlled trial in Papua New Guinea. Vaccine. 2009 Feb 25;27(9):1340-7. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.12.046. Epub 2009 Jan 14.
• Results van den Biggelaar AH, Pomat W, Bosco A, Phuanukoonnon S, Devitt CJ, Nadal-Sims MA, Siba PM, Richmond PC, Lehmann D, Holt PG. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccination at birth in a high-risk setting: no evidence for neonatal T-cell tolerance. Vaccine. 2011 Jul 26;29(33):5414-20. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.05.065. Epub 2011 Jun 7.
• Results Francis JP, Richmond PC, Pomat WS, Michael A, Keno H, Phuanukoonnon S, Nelson JB, Whinnen M, Heinrich T, Smith WA, Prescott SL, Holt PG, Siba PM, Lehmann D, van den Biggelaar AH. Maternal antibodies to pneumolysin but not to pneumococcal surface protein A delay early pneumococcal carriage in high-risk Papua New Guinean infants. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2009 Nov;16(11):1633-8. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00247-09. Epub 2009 Sep 23.
• van den Biggelaar AHJ, Richmond PC, Fuery A, Anderson D, Opa C, Saleu G, Lai M, Francis JP, Alpers MP, Pomat WS, Lehmann D. Pneumococcal responses are similar in Papua New Guinean children aged 3-5 years vaccinated in infancy with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine with or without prior pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, or without pneumococcal vaccination. PLoS One. 2017 Oct 13;12(10):e0185877. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185877. eCollection 2017.
• Francis JP, Richmond PC, Michael A, Siba PM, Jacoby P, Hales BJ, Thomas WR, Lehmann D, Pomat WS, van den Biggelaar AHJ. A longitudinal study of natural antibody development to pneumococcal surface protein A families 1 and 2 in Papua New Guinean Highland children: a cohort study. Pneumonia (Nathan). 2016 Aug 15;8:12. doi: 10.1186/s41479-016-0014-x. eCollection 2016.
• Aho C, Michael A, Yoannes M, Greenhill A, Jacoby P, Reeder J, Pomat W, Saleu G, Namuigi P, Phuanukoonnon S, Smith-Vaughan H, Leach AJ, Richmond P, Lehmann D; Neonatal Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Trial Study Team. Limited impact of neonatal or early infant schedules of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Papua New Guinean children: A randomized controlled trial. Vaccine Rep. 2016 Dec;6:36-43. doi: 10.1016/j.vacrep.2016.08.002.
• Pomat WS, van den Biggelaar AH, Phuanukoonnon S, Francis J, Jacoby P, Siba PM, Alpers MP, Reeder JC, Holt PG, Richmond PC, Lehmann D; Neonatal Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Trial Study Team. Safety and immunogenicity of neonatal pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Papua New Guinean children: a randomised controlled trial. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e56698. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056698. Epub 2013 Feb 22.

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