Predictors of Seroprotection Rates Achieved 12 Months after Initiating the Hepatitis B Vaccination Series
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Impact of hepatitis B immunization among the Nicobarese tribe - antibody titres & seroprotection five years after vaccination
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES A total of 237 Nicobarese subjects who had received hepatitis B vaccination as part of mass vaccination project during 2000-2001 were screened for anti-HBsAg titres by quantitative ELISA five years after vaccination. METHODS Anti-HBsAg antibody was estimated using quantitative ELISA. Proportion of the subjects with protective levels of antibody and geometric mean antib...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199904020-00036