Chronic hepatitis B infection in adolescents vaccinated at birth: An alarm bell in favor of the need for a booster?

Hepatology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 349-

  Romanò, Luisa ^a   Carsetti, Rita ^b   Tozzi, Alberto E ^b   Mele, Alfonso ^c   Zanetti, Alessandro R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; LETTER; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVACCINATION; VACCINATION; BLOOD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; HEPATITIS B; NOTE;

FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84894796078     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26458     Document Type: Letter

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