Relation between the total white blood count and the absolute lymphocyte count prior to the first vaccination and the response to vaccination. Relation between the total white blood count and the absolute lymphocyte count prior to the first vaccination and the response to vaccination. The relation between the total white blood count and the absolute lymphocyte count was studied using the Mann-Whitney U test. Annelies M. C. Mavinkurve-Groothuis et al. Clin. Vaccine Immunol. 2013; doi:10.1128/CVI.00585-12