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Effectiveness of the South African expanded program of immunization against hepatitis B in children infected with human immunodeficiency virus‐1 living in a resource‐limited setting of Kwazulu‐Natal
Author(s) -
Beghin JeanChristophe,
Ruelle Jean,
Sokal Etienne,
Bachy Antoine,
Krishna Malini,
Hall Leslie,
Goubau Patrick,
Van der Linden Dimitri
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.24598
Subject(s) - coinfection , hepatitis b virus , medicine , virology , immunization , vaccination , hepatitis b , serology , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , hepadnaviridae , virus , antibody
Prevalence of Human‐Immunodeficiency‐Virus/Hepatitis‐B‐virus (HIV/HBV) coinfection and HBV vaccination response in children are unknown in Kwazulu‐Natal. This study included 183 HIV‐infected and 108 HIV‐uninfected children aged between 5 and 15 years screened for HBV infection and vaccination. HBV infection occurred in 2.1% and 0% of HIV‐infected and uninfected children respectively. Serological response to immunization was shown in 15.8% and 61.1% of HIV‐infected and uninfected children, respectively ( P < 0.001). Even if prevalence of HBV infection was low in these cohorts, HIV‐infected children will stay at risk of infection if the vaccine schedule is not adapted. J. Med. Virol. 89:182–185, 2017 . © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.