Immunogenicity of three recombinant hepatitis B vaccines administered to students in three doses containing half the antigen amount routinely used for adult vaccination

We evaluated the immunogenicity of three recombinant hepatitis B vaccines, one Brazilian (Butang, Instituto Butantan) and two Korean vaccines (Euvax-B, LG Chemical Ltd. and Hepavax-Gene, Greencross Vaccine Corp.), administered intramuscularly to students aged 17 to 19 years in three 10-µg doses (cor...

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Main Authors: Baldy José Luís da Silveira, Lima Gerson Zanetta de, Morimoto Helena Kaminami, Reiche Edna Maria Vissoci, Matsuo Tiemi, Mattos Edlivia Dias de, Sudan Luci Cristina Pulga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2004-01-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652004000200009