Intestinal helminthes and/or Toxocara infection are unrelated to anti-HBs titers in seven-year-old children vaccinated at birth with recombinant hepatitis B vaccine Helmintos intestinais e/ou infecção por Toxocara não tem relação com títulos de anti-HBs em crianças de sete anos de idade vacinadas ao nascer com vacina recombinante para hepatite B
The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the possible effect of nematode infection on anti-HBs antibody levels in the serum of seven-year-old schoolchildren vaccinated at birth with the recombinant hepatitis B vaccine. Anti-HBs and anti HBc antibodies were evaluated in the sera of 100 schoolchi...
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2007-04-01
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| Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822007000200001 |