background: hepatitis b is one of the most important etiologic factors of acute and chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver and hepatocellular carcinoma. the best preventive method is vaccination. the aim of the study was to evaluate the immunization rate against hepatitis b in medical health personnel. materials and methods: this study was conducted on 331 health care workers employed in pub...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis A and B vaccines are effective in preventing superinfection and sequelae in patients with chronic hepatitis B or C. We describe immunity and vaccination against hepatitis A and B in chronic hepatitis patients from the US Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study. METHODS We identified chronic hepatitis B and C patients with healthcare utilization during 2006-2008 and 12 months of en...

background: viral hepatitis is one the main infections that health staff are faced with and nurses are at greater risk of the contracting this disease because of their exposure to patients. the current study was conducted to determine the hepatitis b vaccination coverage and its associated factors in nurses of imam reza (as) hospital in kermanshah, iran. methods: in this descriptive-analytic st...

background malnutrition is the most common cause of immune deficiency. it results in reduced secretion of t-cells and b-cell-stimulating factors leading to declining of special immunoglobulins. on the other hand, hepatitis b, as a major world health problem, can be prevented effectively by vaccination. three doses of hepatitis b virus (hbv) vaccine induce protective levels of anti-hepatitis b s...

long-term protection against hepatitis b virus (hbv) is dependent on persistence of anti-hbs antibodies and/or strong immunological memory. in this study we evaluated the persistence of anti-hbs antibodies in healthy iranian children 5 years after primary vaccination and the response to a booster dose using recombinant hepatitis b vaccine. totally, 81 children who had received primary course of...