Active immunization against hepatitis B virus (HBV) with low-doses of plasma-derived vaccine by intradermal route

Schedule for vaccination against HBV infection has usually been based on three separate injections of 20 meg of the vaccine by intramuscular route. One of the main shortcomings to its use in large scale programs has been its high cost. Ninety out of 300 health workers were submitted to three injecti...

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Main Authors: Flair José Carrilho, Maria Lúcia Queiroz, Luiz Caetano da Silva, Luís Edmundo Pinto da Fonseca, Celso Granato, Isabel Oba, Leda Obara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1989-04-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651989000200005&lng=en&tlng=en