A retrospective study of hepatitis B vaccination in preterm birth and low birth weight infants born to hepatitis B surface antigen-positive mothers: Time to close the policy-practice gap

A retrospective study of hepatitis B vaccination in preterm birth and low birth weight infants born to hepatitis B surface antigen-positive mothers: Time to close the policy-practice gap

National Immunization Program-version 2016 (ISIV-NIP-v2016) recommended a 4-dose hepatitis B vaccine (HepB) schedule for preterm birth (PTB) and low birth weight (LBW) infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers. However, the implementation of this immunization strategy in the past five years has not bee...

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Main Authors: Wei Qin, Yao Wang, Xiaqing Zhang, Fan Pan, Kai Cheng, Haitian Sui, Shaoyu Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Subjects:
hepatitis b
preterm birth
low birth weight
immunization strategy
hepatitis b surface antigen-positive mother
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2155390

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2155390

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