Anti-HBs antibody efficacy in children after vaccination with the first generation of hepatitis B vaccine
- Author:
Cu Van Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
vaccine
- MeSH:
Hepatitis B Vaccines;
child
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):22-25
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Antibody efficacy was investigated on 98 children after hepatitis B vaccination at time of 30 months after the first dose in HuÕ City. It was found that only 30.6% of children who were vaccinated in 1998 have antibody response at protectable level. 100% of those have low-level antibody response. Cause of poor antibody response can be the duration between the first and the third doses is short. 100% of children were injected vaccine at the delta muscle, instead of the lateral-anterior thigh.
