title: Epidemiological investigations on viral hepatitis in preschool and school communities. Note II. Evaluation of the prophylactic efficiency of standard gammaglobulin administration.
abstract: At the beginning of the 1977--1978 schoolyear 10% standard gammaglobulin (0.03 ml/kg body weight) was administered to 974 preschool children and 530 schoolchildren. Representative groups of children were tested serologically and virologically before gammaglobulin administration and 3 months afterwards. No statistically significant reductions of viral hepatitis morbidity were recorded in the protected groups as against controls.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens; D005719:gamma-Globulins