Intradermal vaccination of adults with three low doses (2 µg) of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine. II. Persistence of immunity and induction of immunologic memory

Of the 110 dentists who had presented seroconversion 50 days after the intradermal application of three 2 µg doses of the Belgian recombinant vaccine against hepatitis B (HB), administered eight years before at an interval of one month between the 1st and 2nd doses and of five months between the 2nd...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	Maria do Carmo M Elisbão, José Luís da S Baldy, Ana Maria Bonametti, Edna Maria V Reiche, Helena K Morimoto, Rubens Pontello, Tiemi Matsuo, Antônio Ferelle, Jayme Neves
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2003-12-01
Subjects:	hepatitis B vaccine seroconversion immunologic memory
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000800024&tlng=en