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Subject: INFORMATION BROCHURE PENTAVALENT ABCDE BOTULINUM TOXOID         

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box ID: BX003203

Folder Title: INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE PENTAVALENT BOTULINUM TOXOID                                             

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                Experience with pentival*ztt betulinum toxoid has shown that:                       (A)
                it is effective in protecting animals against intraperitoneal
                challenge with toxins of types A,E,C,D, and I of cloatridium
                botulinum, (B) the serum antitoxin levels in animals as determined
                by mouse protection tests correlate with protective activity . and
                (c) the tozoid introduced into man produces levels of antitoxin
                thought to be protective as judged by extrapolation of data derived
                from,animal experiments.

                In experiments with the original lot of toxoid (2,3), $0 persons
                were immunized on a 0-2-12 week schedule.                 Antitoxin titers were
                detectable for :all 5 types of toxizi in about 804 of the volunteers
                2 weeks after the initial series. These titers declined during the
                next 12 weeks and only 'a small percentage had measurable titers by
                one year, just before the boosters were given. Eight weeks after
                the boosters, 100% of the recipients had measurable titers to all
                5 types.
                since -initiating the r@irement- for determining antitoxin levels
                in recipients'dus for boosters, the J=ftunogenicity of'the tozoid in
                humans has been reaffirmed. (only types 3 and/or B antitoxins are
                routinely assessed.) While the antitoxin titers attained after the
                3rd shot of the -initial series are likely to decline in a matter of
                a few months, those established after the first booster are
latively stable and generally persist above the detectable level
                f or at I east 2 -Years'. A titer of l.: 16 -(O.15-0.30 IV antitoxin per
                ml.) for either 3 or 3 antitoxin is considered satisfactory for
                deferring a booster for 2 more years. After evaluating sera from
                185 recipients taken in igag,, 1987 and 2988 who were due for
                boaster, $1 (43%) were able to postpone them..
                The im=cgenicitios in humans of the two new lots of tozoid (Lots
                A-2 and a-1) and of the original lot (IBI) were assessed by the
                U68. Army Hadical Razearch institute for infectious Diseases
                (19$MMIID) and the results are available for comparison (1). The
                type Is antitoxin levels attained after the 3rd injection of the now
                lots were significantly higher for the original lot.

                TiL 1988 USAKRIID 'evaluated inmunizid individuals for neutralizing
                antibodies to type a & 5 batulinuin toxins.                   After the primary
                series 91% had a type a titer a. 0.08 lu/mi, and 7e% type 3 titer >
                0.02 ID/ml. After the first booster all individuals tested had a
                demnstrabl* titer for type A & B (4).

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File Room = sep96_declassified
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Box ID = BX003203
Unit = OTSG
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Folder Title = INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE PENTAVALENT BOTULINUM TOXOID
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Subject = INFORMATION BROCHURE PENTAVALENT ABCDE BOTULINUM
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Document Date =
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 08-NOV-1996