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G Korger

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[Treatment of recurrent herpes labialis using a herpes simplex Type-I subunit vaccine. A prospective randomized double-blind multicenter study].

A herpes simplex type I subunit vaccine developed by Behring-Werke (Marburg/Lahn, FRG) was compared with placebo for therapeutic effectiveness in the treatment of recurrent orolabial herpes simplex in a multicentre study involving the major hospitals in Frankfurt/Main (n = 34), Hamburg (n = 18), Giessen (n = 17) und Kassel (n = 14). The effectiveness of the vaccine was judged on the reduction in the frequency of recurrences. Within the period of the 8-month study there was no statistically significant difference in the frequency of recurrences with vaccine or placebo. Both placebo and verum led to a significant decrease in the number of recurrences of orolabial herpes simplex, but the effect of placebo was slightly more pronounced.

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Allergy and Immunology↗

[Tetanus vaccination--tolerance and prevention of side effects].

Data collected over a 15-year period concerning the side effects directly reported following administration of Tetanol were evaluated and it was found that the tetanus vaccination exhibited an extremely high degree of tolerance, with only 27 cases of side effects for 1 million doses. In over 80% of those cases with side effects the intolerance took the form of a painful reddening and/or swelling at the site of injection. This reaction to the vaccination, though not uncommon, was thus greater than is to be expected. General reactions, particularly malaise and an increase in body temperature, accounted for 10% of the cases reported; 3% involved skin reactions beyond the injection site. Symptoms involving the cardiac, circulatory, respiratory, locomotor, or nervous system occurred in fewer than 3 cases per 1 million doses, i.e., in fewer than 5% of the reported cases. It proved highly improbable that an allergic-anaphylactic or anaphylactoid reaction was involved and the complete picture of anaphylactic shock was never observed. Young and middle-aged adults with several tetanus pre-vaccinations accounted for the majority of side effects reported and in most cases hyperimmunization was suspected as a cause. As they were mainly restricted to the site of application and in 75% of cases occurred within 2-48 h, they can be interpreted as type III reactions (Arthus type). Furthermore it can be assumed that other causes of the reactions will have included unintentional intravascular and subcutaneous administration.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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