Hepatitis B virus infection in adolescents in a rural township - 15 years subsequent to mass hepatitis B vaccination in Taiwan

Vaccine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 759-765

  Lu, Sheng Nan ^a   Chen, Chien Hung ^a   Chen, Tsung Ming ^a,b   Lee, Pei Lun ^a,c   Wang, Jing Houng ^a   Tung, Hung Da ^a,d   Hung, Chao Hung ^a   Lee, Chuan Mo ^a   Changchien, Chi Sin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FOOYIN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Booster; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B vaccine; Hepatitis B virus

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MONITORING; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS IMMUNIZATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; TAIWAN; VACCINATION; VIREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 31944446078     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.08.062     Document Type: Article

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