Immunisation after hepatitis B polyvalent vaccination among children in South Kivu Province Democratic Republic of the Congo

Background. The World Health Organization recommends the integration of vaccination against hepatitis B virus (HBV) into the national immunisation programmes of all highly endemic countries. Protective efficacy, defined as a hepatitis B surface antibody (HBsAb) level ≥10 mIU/mL, is ideally obtaine...

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Main Authors: T Shindano, R Mbusa, B Kabamba, Y Horsmans, R Fiasse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Health and Medical Publishing Group 2019-05-01
Series:South African Medical Journal
Online Access:http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/download/12595/8808