Background: Superinfection with hepatitis A (HAV) or hepatitis B (HBV) can cause severe liver disease in patients with chronic hepatitis C (HCV), especially in those coinfected with HIV. Therefore, vaccination against HAV and HBV are recommended for all patients with HCV. The aims of this ...
Simultaneous Vaccination for Hepatitis A and B Seronegative volunteers (15) were vaccinated at three l-month intervals with a combined hepatitis A and B vaccine. The vaccine contained a killed hepatitis A vaccine made from hepatitis A virus (HAV) propagated in diploid human fibroblas... B Fl...
Hepatitis Bvaccinationstarting at birth provides a safety net for infants exposed tohepatitis B virus(HBV) during delivery or in early life.Hepatitis B vaccineis recommended in the United States for infants prior to birthing facility discharge, and within the first 12h of life for infants born to...
Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen (HBsAg)-Positive and HBsAg-Negative Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Mother-Teenager Pairs 13 Years after Neonatal Hepat... It is unclear whether a mother who is negative for hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) but positive for hepatitis B virus (HBV) ...
The hepatitis B vaccine is recommended for all infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers and in many countries also for all infants whose mothers are HBsAg-negative7. The time of the first dose depends on the HBsAg status of the mother, gestational age, and birth weight7. The recommended va...
Hepatitis B is a viral infection of the liver and causes both acute and chronic disease. It is transmitted through contact with an infected person's bodily fluids. It is an occupational hazard for healthcare workers and can be prevented by the administration of a vaccine. It is recommended th...
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the hepatitis B vaccination coverage among medical students at a public university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and their compliance with the postvaccination serologic testing recommendations. Of the total of 858 students, 675 (78.7%) participate...
(a) Schematic representation of the study design indicating blood collections and assays performed. All analysed participants were HBV-naive at the time of recruitment and received vaccines for hepatitis A/B, Cholera and Tetanus/Diphtheria. (b) Response plots showing antibody titres for HBsAg (hep....
IntroductionThe hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes up to a million deaths worldwide and 16 million health care related infections in the tropics each year(1,2), and over 350 million become chronically infected carriers who have no significant liver disease; approximately three quarters of them are ...
作者: A Mcmillan 摘要: An accelerated course of hepatitis B vaccination was offered to men who had sex with men attending a genitourinary medicine clinic. The uptake and completion rates of the vaccine between 1 November 2002 and 28 February 2004 were compared with data for 1994. The uptake...