INTRADERMAL VACCINATION AGAINST HEPATITIS-B IN A GROUP OF MEDICAL-STUDENTS

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BRINK, NS
MURRAY, AB
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SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL | 1991年 / 79卷 / 11期
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R5 [内科学];
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A prospective study of a low-dose (one-tenth) intradermal regimen using recombinant hepatitis B vaccine was undertaken during two consecutive years in 4th-year medical students. Eighty-one per cent of the vaccinees (123/152) seroconverted with anti-HBs levels of > 10 IU/l. The lower titre of hepatitis B surface antibodies compared with published studies on intramuscular immunization, together with a seroconversion rate of only 81%, makes the intradermal method, in our opinion, a suboptimal form of hepatitis B immunization.
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