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Heterologous vaccine

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A homologous booster shot involves the administration of the same vaccine as previously administered, while a heterologous booster shot involves the administration of a different vaccine.[1]

"Heterologous prime-boost immunization is administration of two different vectors or delivery systems expressing the same or overlapping antigenic inserts."[2]

"An effective vaccine usually requires more than one time immunization in the form of prime-boost. Traditionally the same vaccines are given multiple times as homologous boosts. New findings suggested that prime-boost can be done with different types of vaccines containing the same antigens. In many cases such heterologous prime-boost can be more immunogenic than homologous prime-boost."[3]

References

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  1. ^ Orlandi C, Stefanetti G, Barocci S, Buffi G, Diotallevi A, Rocchi E, Ceccarelli M, Peluso S, Vandini D, Carlotti E, Magnani M, Galluzzi L, Casabianca A (13 May 2023). "Comparing Heterologous and Homologous COVID-19 Vaccination: A Longitudinal Study of Antibody Decay". Viruses. 15 (5): 1162. doi:10.3390/v15051162. PMC 10222288. PMID 37243247.
  2. ^ "WHO Technical Consultation: Heterologous Prime-Boost Immunization in Ebola vaccine development and testing, licensure and use; 21 November 2014" (PDF). World Health Organization. Geneva. 2015-02-09. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. ^ Lu, S (June 2009). "Heterologous prime-boost vaccination". Current Opinion in Immunology. 21 (3): 346–51. doi:10.1016/j.coi.2009.05.016. PMC 3743086. PMID 19500964.

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