Evaluation of antibody persistence after a four-dose primary hepatitis B vaccination and anamnestic immune response in children under 6 years.
Conclusion. The response to a booster dose suggests the persistence of immune memory in almost all vaccinated individuals. Although a booster dose increases substantially anti-HB titre, the clinical relevance of such an increase remains unknown.
PMID: 31592765 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tfifha M, Kacem S, Ben Rejeb M, Naija S, Boujaafar N, Abroug S, Trabelsi A Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research
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