Immune response to hepatitis B vaccine among north Iranian healthcare workers and its related factors | Zendy

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Immune response to hepatitis B vaccine among north Iranian healthcare workers and its related factors

Author(s) -

Farahnaz Joukar,

Fariborz MansourGhanaei,

Mohammadreza Naghipour,

Mehrnaz Asgharnezhad

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.8182

Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis b vaccine , logistic regression , odds ratio , regimen , hepatitis b , immunology , immune system , virus , hbsag

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important occupational risk among healthcare workers (HCWs). Vaccination is the most cost-effective method of preventing and controlling HBV infection. Several factors have been suggested to effect response to the vaccine. The present study aimed to evaluate vaccine response among north Iranian HCWs and to determine the factors influencing vaccine response.

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