Response of Egyptian infants with protein calorie malnutrition to hepatitis B vaccination
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- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
- Vol. 42 (3) , 144-145
- https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/42.3.144
Abstract
The response to recombinant hepatitis B vaccine was assessed in 31 seronegative infants (2–26 months old) with protein calorie malnutrition (PCM), compared with 13 seronegative age- and sex-matched healthy infants. Both groups received three 10 μg vaccine doses at 0, 1, and 6 months. At month 8, all healthy infants and 87 per cent (27 out of 31) of PCM infants were seroprotected. Thus, hepatitis B vaccination (Engerix-B, SmithKline Beecham Biologicals) can be used effectively in PCM for mass vaccination in developing communities.Keywords
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