Levels of anti-HBs antibody in HBV-vaccinated students enrolled in the faculty of medicine, dentistry and health professions of a large italian university

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sernia, Sabina ^a,b   Ortis, Marina ^a   Antoniozzi, Tranquillo ^a   Maffongelli, Emanuele ^b   La Torre, Giuseppe ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPHYLAXIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

ADULT; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTISTRY; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84921419579     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/712020     Document Type: Article

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