Assessment of the HBV vaccine response in a group of HIV-infected children in Morocco
Abstract Background Since its development in the early 1980s, Hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine has been proven to be highly protective. However, its immunogenicity may be ineffective among HIV-infected children. In Morocco, HBV vaccine was introduced in 1999, and since then all infants, including ver...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-09-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4776-8 |