Intradermal vaccination of adults with three low doses (2 µg) of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine. I. Seroconversion rate and adverse effects

A total of 250 dentists (53.6% men and 46.4% women), with a mean age of 35.1 ± 9.8 years, were submitted to serological tests for the diagnosis of hepatitis B (HB) - HBsAg, anti-HBs, anti-HBc, HBeAg, and anti-HBe - using a radioimmunoassay. One or more of these markers were detected in 78 individual...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	José Luís da S Baldy, Maria do Carmo M Elisbão, Edson T Anzai, Rubens Pontello, Edna Maria V Reiche, Marta M Zaha-Inouye, Tiemi Matsuo, Pedro CF Tonani, Antônio Ferelle, João N Henriques, Jayme Neves
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2003-12-01
Subjects:	hepatitis B vaccine low-dose regimen seroconversion adverse effects
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000800023