Comparison of the Immunogenicity and Safety of Two Pediatric TBE Vaccines Based on the Far Eastern and European Virus Subtypes

Table 1

Demographic and anthropological characteristics of the study groups.

Characteristics	Parameter	Conventional schedule		Rapid schedule
		Tick-E-Vac	FSME-IMMUN Junior	Tick-E-Vac	FSME-IMMUN Junior
Number of subjects	Total number (N = 146)	49	42	27	28
Gender	Female/male	23/26	19/23	11/16	11/17
Age (years)	Mean	7.4^a	4.7^a	4.5	4.0
	Median	7.0	3.0	5.0	4.0
	Range	1–15	1.1–15	3–6	1.5–9
Height (сm)	Mean	124.2^b	107.1^b	109.7	103.9
	Median	122.0	100	110.0	105.5
	Range	77–176	75–165	94–126	81–132
Weight (kg)	Mean	28.2^c	20.5^c	17.9	16.6
	Median	24.6	15.6	18.0	16.6
	Range	8.2–60	10.2–53	14.1–24.5	9.9–24

^a,b,cStatistically significant differences of age, height, and weight between two groups of subjects who received Tick-E-Vac or FSME Immune injection according conventional schedule (MWT).