Immunogenicity of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine: comparison of two different vaccination schedules
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Immunogenicity of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine: comparison of two different vaccination schedules
BACKGROUND Neonatal immunization with hepatitis B (HB) vaccine induces protective levels of antibody (anti-HBs > or =10 IU/L) in a majority of vaccines. However, the duration of protection after HB vaccination in infants is unknown. A smaller proportion of children vaccinated beginning at birth with three doses of HB vaccine were found to have protective titers 5-10 years after initial vaccinat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0300-8126,1439-0973
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-010-0031-2