Evaluation of immune response to Hepatitis B vaccine in health care workers at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan: An observational prospective study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Zeeshan, Mohammad ^a   Jabeen, Kauser ^a   Ali, Anita Nausheen Akbar ^b   Ali, Ailia W ^b   Farooqui, Saadia Z ^b   Mehraj, Vikram ^a   Zafar, Afia ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; SEROCONVERSION; SEX RATIO; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; AGE; BLOOD; HOSPITAL; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 39049140626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-120     Document Type: Article

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