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The enhanced replication of virus seen in dengue hemorrhagic fever is generally seen upon reinfection by dengue virus of a serotype different from previous infections and is believed to be mediated by antibodies against viral structural proteins: so called antibody dependent enhancement of infection, or ADE.
Studies of pneumococcal carriage do show gradual changes in the prevalence and serotype composition of the nasopharyngeal flora in these years, but the prevalence of carriage changes much more gradually than the incidence of invasive disease [29].
Analyses by Soininen and colleagues have found that antibodies measured by standard ELISA in unimmunized children are highly cross-reactive between different serotypes, and that cross-reactive antibodies lack opsonophagocytic function and often appear in the absence of any documented exposure to a given capsular serotype.
The recombinant adenoviral vectors used are Ad5.CMV-LacZ (Qbiogene), which is derived from adenovirus serotype 5 with the deletion of the viral E1A, E1B, and E3 genes.
However, this pattern is not general; for example, serotype 14 is both very common and highly immunogenic [12].