Need to take special care of non-responders to hepatitis B vaccination among health-care workers, students and chronic patients

Need to take special care of non-responders to hepatitis B vaccination among health-care workers, students and chronic patients

Both our research and that published by Sticchi et al. on immunological memory against hepatitis B virus (HBV) in health-care workers (HCWs) vaccinated as infants or adolescents confirm that in those testing negative after the primary course, one additional (fourth) booster dose is able to elicit an...

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Main Authors: Angela Bechini, Paolo Bonanni, Maddalena Grazzini, Diana Paolini, Giulio Arcangeli, Nicola Mucci, Costanza Bini, Emilia Tiscione, Beatrice Zanella, Sara Boccalini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-02-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Subjects:
hepatitis b
vaccination
healthcare workers
chronic patients
non-responders
additional doses
anti-hbs testing
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1810495

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1810495

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