Effect of Antihelminthic Treatment on Vaccine Immunogenicity to a Seasonal Influenza Vaccine in Primary School Children in Gabon: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

Sina Brückner; Selidji T. Agnandji; Stefan Berberich; Emmanuel Bache; José F. Fernandes; Brunhilde Schweiger; Marguerite Massinga Loembe; Thomas Engleitner; Bertrand Lell; Benjamin Mordmüller; Ayola A. Adegnika; Maria Yazdanbakhsh; Peter G. Kremsner; Meral Esen

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003768

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Effect of Antihelminthic Treatment on Vaccine Immunogenicity to a Seasonal Influenza Vaccine in Primary School Children in Gabon: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

Sina Brückner,

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon
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Selidji T. Agnandji,

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon
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Stefan Berberich,

Affiliation Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon
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Emmanuel Bache,

Affiliation Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon
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José F. Fernandes,

Affiliation Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon
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Brunhilde Schweiger,

Affiliation Nationales Referenzzentrum für Influenza, Robert-Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
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Marguerite Massinga Loembe,

Affiliation Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon
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Thomas Engleitner,

Current address: Department of Medicine II, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Bertrand Lell,

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon
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Benjamin Mordmüller,

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon
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Ayola A. Adegnika,

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Leiden Medical University Center, Department of Parasitology, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Maria Yazdanbakhsh,

Affiliation Leiden Medical University Center, Department of Parasitology, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Peter G. Kremsner,

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon
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Meral Esen

* E-mail: meral.esen@uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon
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Effect of Antihelminthic Treatment on Vaccine Immunogenicity to a Seasonal Influenza Vaccine in Primary School Children in Gabon: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

Sina Brückner,
Selidji T. Agnandji,
Stefan Berberich,
Emmanuel Bache,
José F. Fernandes,
Brunhilde Schweiger,
Marguerite Massinga Loembe,
Thomas Engleitner,
Bertrand Lell,
Benjamin Mordmüller

Published: June 8, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003768

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