Presence of maternal anti-HBs antibodies does not influence hepatitis B vaccine response in Brazilian neonates

Presence of maternal anti-HBs antibodies does not influence hepatitis B vaccine response in Brazilian neonates

Recently, it was suggested that maternal hepatitis B surface antigen antibodies (anti-HBs) acquired transplacentally could play a negative role in newborn infants' immune response to the hepatitis B vaccine. We compared the hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine response in infants born to mothers pre...

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Main Authors: Ana Luiza N Junqueira, Viviane R Tavares, Regina MB Martins, Kamilla V Frauzino, Agabo M da Costa e Silva, Izolina MX Rodrigues, Ruth Minamisava, Sheila A Teles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2011-02-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
hepatitis B vaccine
newborn infants
antibody response
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762011000100018&lng=en&tlng=en

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