Hepatitis B Vaccination Response in Hemodialysis Patients: The Impact of Dialysis Shift

An Investigation of the Immune Response to Hepatitis B Vaccination in Hemodialysis Patients at Dialysis Centers of Tehran (2016)

Background: Hemodialysis (HD) patients are at an increased risk of acquiring the hepatitis B (HB) virus and having lower protective antibody levels as well as shorter durations of seroprotection. This study aims to determine the immune response of HB vaccination in HD patients referring to dialysis centers of the Tehran North Health Network. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was co...

Hepatitis B Virus Vaccination in Hemodialysis Patients: A Necessity for Individualizing of Immunization?

The best method of hepatitis B vaccination in hemodialysis patients?

H yp ot he si s Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: After a long time, the efficacy of vaccination against hepatitis B could be decreased and thus for maintenance of protective antibody titer, booster dose of vaccine is required. It seems that additional studies with different dose of vaccine, duration and method are necessary for finding of the best method of vac...

Immune Response to Standard Hepatitis B Vaccination in HIV-Infected Patients

Background: Due to their similar routes of transmission, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection occurs considerably. HBV infection progresses more rapidly in HIV-infected patients. Therefore, HBV vaccination of all non-immune HIV infected patients is recommended. On the other hand, HIV-infected subjects have suboptimal responses to HBV vaccine. In this study...

Title : Association of response to hepatitis B vaccination and the survival in dialysis patients

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