An observation on effect of different dosage booster immunization of hepatitis Bvaccine / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effect on the booster immunization of different dosage of hepatitis B vaccine among children and to provide suggestions for booster immunization.Methods Children aged 5 -1 4 years old were randomly selected who had received the primary immunization of hepatitis B vaccine under 1 year old but had not received the booster immunization in Yuhuan county.A total of 547 children received 5 μg hepatitis A and B combined vaccine boost immunization and 688 children received 1 0 μg hepatitis B vaccine boost immunization in 2009.The anti -HBs levels before and after the boost immunization were detected.Results The anti -HBs positive rates of children received 5 μg and 1 0 μg vaccine boost immunization were 97.81 % and 96.08% respectively and the positive rates in the antibody negative children were 94.78% and 93.62% respectively.While the Geometric Mean Titer (GMT) of anti -HBs were 1 433.1 8 mIU /mL and 21 1 1 .43 mIU /mL respectively,which were both significantly higher than those before the boost immunization (P <0.001 ).The increase of GMT of children received 1 0 μg hepatitis B vaccine was significantly higher than that of children received 5 μg hepatitis A and B combined vaccine (P <0.05).Conclusion Both dosages of hepatitis B vaccine booster immunization are effective for children aged 5 -1 4 years old and 1 0 μg hepatitis B vaccine boost immunization has the better effect.