Long-term antibody response and immunologic memory in children immunized with hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
Indian Pediatr
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2004 Dec; 41(12): 1232-7
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in English
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| ID: sea-10360
ABSTRACT
Four hundred and fifty three healthy children immunized with a course of hepatitis B vaccine beginning at birth were tested at 10-11 years of age for persistence of anti-hepatitis B-S antigen antibody (anti-HBs); and responses of children without protective antibody to different doses of hepatitis B vaccine booster were evaluated. Although nearly 42% of them were not seroprotected, but most of boosted subjects (87.3%) retained robust immunologic memory and rapidly retained a protective anti-HBs antibody titer of at least 10 IU/L after booster vaccination.
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Time Factors
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Child
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Immunization, Secondary
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Hepatitis B Vaccines
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Hepatitis B
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Immunologic Memory
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Antibody Formation
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian Pediatr
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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