Special address: Safety of hepatitis B vaccination
โ Scribed by Sieghart Dittmann
- Book ID
- 117433738
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 69 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0264-410X
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A hepatitis B vaccine produced in yeast by recombinant DNA technology was evaluated using 5-micrograms and 10-micrograms doses in a randomized trial lasting 7 months in 110 male armed forces recruits aged 17-19 years. Results were compared to those of an identical trial of a plasma-derived vaccine.
Hepatitis B vaccines are highly effective and safe and have been incorporated into national immunization programs in over 150 countries. The major humoral immune response is to the common a determinant of the surface antigen protein of the virus. Approximately 5-10% of healthy immunocompetent subjec