Table 2 Overview of TBE immunizations in sibling donors and recipients before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

From: Humoral immune response to tick-borne encephalitis vaccination in allogeneic blood and marrow graft recipients

HSCT patients

Sibling donors

Patient

Complete basic TBE immunization pre-HSCT

Time of last TBE booster vaccination pre-HSCT

NT titer pre-HSCT

NT titer post-HSCT

Decline of NT titera

Sibling donor

TBE immunization pre-donation

Time of last TBE booster vaccination pre-donation

NT titer pre-donation

 

Yes/no

Months

  

%

Yes/no

Yes/no

Months

 

1

Yes

Unknown

40

10

75.0

Yes

Yes

Unknown

67

2

Yes

51

453

160

64.7

Yes

Yes

13

160

3

Yes

92

135

95

29.6

Yes

Yes

71

40

4

Yes

Unknown

113

40

64.6

No

5

Yes

129

67

48

28.4

Yes

Yes

Unknown

67

6

Yes

194

113

113

0

No

7

Yes

24

40

6

85.0

No

8

Yes

58

>640

538

>15.9

Yes

Yes

38

160

9

Yes

11

40

12

70.0

No

10

Yes

Unknown

135

40

70.4

No

11

Yes

54

160

40

75.0

No

12

Yes

177

>640

10

>98.4

Yes

Yes

Unknown

Unknown

13

Yes

20

>640

10

>98.4

Yes

Yes

60

538

14

No

10

<5

>50.0

No

15

Yes

49

>640

80

>87.5

No

16

Yes

40

160

135

15.6

Yes

Yes

54

190

17

Yes

186

67

<5

>92.5

Yes

Yes

25

190

  1. aBetween pre-HSCT and post-HSCT prior TBE (re-)vaccination.