Daniela Manno, Agnes Bangura, Frank Baiden, Abu Bakarr Kamara, Philip Ayieko, Joseph Kallon, Julie Foster, Musa Conteh, Nicholas Edward Connor, Bockarie Koroma, Yusupha Njie, Paul Borboh, Babajide Keshinro, Bolarinde Joseph Lawal, Mattu Tehtor Kroma, Godfrey Tuda Otieno, Abdul Tejan Deen, Edward Man-Lik Choi, Ahmed Dahiru Balami, Auguste Gaddah, Chelsea McLean, Kerstin Luhn, Hammed Hassan Adetola, Gibrilla Fadlu Deen, Mohamed Samai, Brett Lowe, Cynthia Robinson, Bailah Leigh, Brian Greenwood, Deborah Watson-Jones
BACKGROUND: Children account for a substantial proportion of cases and deaths during Ebola virus disease outbreaks. We aimed to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a booster dose of the Ad26.ZEBOV vaccine in children who had been vaccinated with a two-dose regimen comprising Ad26.ZEBOV as dose one and MVA-BN-Filo as dose two. METHODS: We conducted an open-label, non-randomised, phase 2 trial at one clinic in Kambia Town, Sierra Leone. Healthy children, excluding pregnant or breastfeeding girls, who had received the Ad26...
October 20, 2022: Lancet Infectious Diseases