Therapeutic effect of preS2-containing vaccine in an infant infected with a vaccine-escape variant (Thr127) of hepatitis B virus

International Hepatology Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 158-165

  Noto, H ^a   Fujii, Y ^b   Takahashi, K ^c   Kishimoto, S ^c   Mishiro, S ^c  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kikugawa General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Toshiba General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

escape mutant; hepatitis B virus; immunoprophylaxis; mother to infant transmission; preS2; vaccine

Indexed keywords

BIKEN HB; HEBSBULIN; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE; RHB VACCINE; TGP943; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031040489     PISSN: 09284346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4346(96)00343-X     Document Type: Article

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