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Item Improved Rapid method for Electron Microscopy of Micro-tissue cultures(Biken Journal (18): 155-162, 2008) Mingle, J. A .A.; Gbewonyo, J. A.; Ayim, A; Fukai, K.Item Pertussis immunization with acellular vaccines in Ghanaian children(1995-06) Hori, H.; Afari, E.A.; Akanmori, B.D.; Kamiya, Y.; Sakatoku, H.; Nkrumah, F.K.; Fukai, K.In the present study, the persistence of antibodies to pertussis antigens was assessed in 51 Ghanaian children immunized with one of two acellular vaccines and one whole cell vaccine in early infancy. The effect of a booster dose 1 year after primary immunization was also examined. Antibody titres to pertussis toxin (PT) and filamentous haemagglutinin (FHA) were measured 1 month and 1 year after primary immunization and 1 month after the booster dose. Although geometric titres (GMTs) to FHA were significantly higher in the two types of acellular vaccinees in the whole cell vaccinees 1 month after primary immunization, GMTs to FHA and PT after 1 year were not significantly different in the three groups. Geometric mean titres to PT and FHA following the booster dose were significantly higher in the acellular vaccinees than in the whole cell vaccinees. Seropositivity rates to PT and FHA in the acellular vaccinees, which were more than 93.3% 1 month after primary immunization, ranged from 50.0 to 77.8% after 1 year. In conclusion, the acellular vaccines did not produce higher antibody levels than the whole cell vaccine 1 year after primary immunization. The booster dose was essential to maintaining sufficient seropositivity to pertussis antigens.Item A randomized controlled trial of two acellular pertussis-diphtheria-tetanus vaccines in primary immunization in Ghana: Antibody responses and adverse reactions(1994) Hori, H.; Afari, E.A.; Akanmori, B.D.; Kamiya, Y.; Sakatoku, H.; Nkrumah, F.K.; Fukai, K.Two acellular pertussis vaccines combined with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids (APDT vaccines) were compared with a whole cell PDT (WCPDT) vaccine in primary immunization in Ghana. One is a liquid vaccine which is used for general immunization in Japan and the other is a freeze-dried vaccine newly developed as a heat-stable vaccine. Eighty-nine infants were recruited in the study. Sixty-eight who completed three doses of the immunization were assessed for immunological responses. Twenty-one dropped out because of sickness or moving from the study area. A total of 242 vaccinations in 89 infants were followed up for adverse reactions. Geometric mean titres (GMTs) to filamentous haemagglutinin in the two APDT vaccinees were significantly higher than in the WCPDT recipients. GMTs to pertussis toxin, diphtheria and tetanus toxoids were not significantly different among the three groups. Seropositive rates to pertussis antigens, tetanus and diphtheria toxoids were 94.4 to 100% in the two APDT vaccines. Systemic reactions within 7 days of inoculation were similarly low in the three groups, but significantly fewer infants had local reactions after either of the two APDT vaccines than after the WCPDT vaccine.