Response to the complete hepatitis B vaccine regimen in infants under 12 months of age: a case series

Objectives: Describing rates of seroconversion and its associated factors in a series of Brazilian infants following the final dose of the vaccine at 6 months of age. Methods: Peripheral blood samples were collected after the third dose of the vaccine for the detection of anti-hepatitis B surface an...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Lopes Miralha, Adriana Malheiro, Angélica Espinosa Miranda, George Williams Rutherford, Maria das Graças Costa Alecrim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867012002589