Evaluation of the Protection Provided by Hepatitis B Vaccination in India

Jacob M. Puliyel,Pathik Naik,Ashish Puliyel,Kishore S. Agarwal,Vandana Lal,Nimmi Kansal,Devki Nandan,Vikas Tripathi,Prashant Tyagi,Saroj Singh,Rajeev Srivastava,Utkarsh Sharma,V. Sreenivas

Evaluation of the Protection Provided by Hepatitis B Vaccination in India

2018

Jacob M. Puliyel
Pathik Naik
Ashish Puliyel
Kishore S. Agarwal
Vandana Lal
Nimmi Kansal
Devki Nandan
Vikas Tripathi
Prashant Tyagi
Saroj Singh
Rajeev Srivastava
Utkarsh Sharma
V. Sreenivas

Objective In India, Hepatitis B vaccination is recommended at 6 wk except for hospital-deliveries. The authors examined protection afforded by the birth dose.

Keywords:

Hepatitis B
Vaccination
Passive immunity
Medicine
Odds ratio
HBsAg
Number needed to treat
protective antibody
Pathology
birth dose
hepatitis b vaccination
Pediatrics

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