High non-responsiveness of males and the elderly to standard hepatitis B vaccination among a large cohort of healthy employees

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 262-264

  Vermeiren, Angelique P A ^a   Hoebe, Christian J P A ^a,b   Dukers Muijrers, Nicole H T M ^a,b  

^a South Limburg Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Hepatitis B vaccination; Immune response; Immunosenescence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84881549740     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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