Accelerated hepatitis B vaccination schedule in childhood

Pediatrics International

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 663-665

  Bosnak, Mehmet ^a,b   Dikici, Bunyamin ^a   Bosnak, Vuslat ^a   Haspolat, Kenan ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Hepatitis B; Immunization; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROCONVERSION; VACCINATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MALE; TURKEY;

EID: 0036434441     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2002.01621.x     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Hall AJ. Hepatitis in travellers: Epidemiology and prevention. Br. Med. Bull. 1993; 49: 382-93.
2. American Academy of Pediatrics. Hepatitis B. In: Peter G. (ed). 1997 Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 24th edn. American Academy of Pediatrics, IL, 1997; 254-6.
3. Kane MA. Progress on the control of hepatitis B infection through immunization. Gut 1993; 34: 10-12.
4. Dikici B, Bosnak M, Kara IH et al. Lamivudine and interferon alpha combination treatment of childhood patients with chronic hepatitis B infection. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2001; 20: 988-92.
5. Margolis HS. Prevention of acute and choronic liver disease through immunization: Hepatitis B and beyond. J. Infect. Dis. 1993; 168: 9-14.
6. Marchou B, Picot N, Chavanet P et al. Three-week hepatitis B vaccination provides protective immunity. Vaccine 1993; 11: 1383-5.
7. Marchou B, Excler JL, Bourderioux C et al. A 3-week hepatitis B vaccination schedule provides rapid and persistent protective immunity: A multicenter, randomized trial comparing accelerated and classic vaccination schedules. J. Infect. Dis. 1995; 172: 258-60.
8. Wahl M, Hermodsson S, Iwarson S. Hepatitis B vaccination with short dose intervals - A possible alternative for post-exposure prophylaxis? Infection 1988; 16: 229-32.
9. Harries AD, Clark M, Beeching NJ, Lavelle J, Mutton KJ. Early anti-HBs antibody response to accelerated and to conventional hepatitis B vaccination regimens in health persons. J. Infect. 1991; 23: 251-4.
10. Santagostino E, Mannucci PM, Gingeri A et al. Accelerated schedule of hepatitis B vaccination in patients with hemophilia. J. Med. Virol. 1988; 25: 433-9.