The long-term immunity among health care workers vaccinated againts hepatitis B virus in large referral hospital in southern Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-207

  Saberifiroozi, Mehdi ^a   Gholamzadeh, Sakineh ^b   Serati, Ali Reza ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anti HBs antibodies; HBV vaccine; Health care workers (HCWs); Reassessment for revaccination

Indexed keywords

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

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVACCINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; IRAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746440521     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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