Antibody response in neonates following immunization with plasma - derived hepatitis B vaccine

ABSTRACT

174 healthy newborn babies in Lam Dong General Hospital, body weight > 2.500g without congenital abnormality, whose mother did not immunized previously with B hepatitis vaccine, were received an infection of HB vaccine of 10mg initially 24-48 hours after birth. After 3 injections of GMT anti HBS of 650.02 mIU/ml, the antibody response was 95.43% with a GMT of 1041.21 mIU/ml. The antibody response in fully immunized was 98.38%