Open AccessImmunogenicity and reactogenicity of a recombinant hepatitis B vaccine in subjects over age of forty years and response of a booster dose among nonresponders
Author(s) -
Kunal Das,
Ram Krishan Paul Gupta,
Vinoth Kumar,
Premashis Kar
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v9.i5.1132
Subject(s) - reactogenicity , medicine , immunogenicity , booster dose , titer , hbsag , booster (rocketry) , vaccination , hepatitis b vaccine , antibody titer , immunology , hepatitis b , antibody , gastroenterology , hepatitis b virus , virus , physics , astronomy
The study was initiated to evaluate the reactogenicity and immunogenicity of a recombinant hepatitis B vaccine in age group >40 years and to study the response of a single booster dose in primary non-responders to the hepatitis B vaccination.