Failure of vaccination against hepatitis B with Gen H-B-Vax-D in immunosuppressed heart transplant recipients.
Some 86 heart transplant recipients under immunosuppressive therapy were vaccinated against hepatitis B using the vaccine Gen H-B-Vax-D, but 95.3% failed to develop protective levels of HBs-specific antibody (more than 10 U/l) after the third vaccination.
Wagner
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Institut für Virologie und Seuchenhygiene, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
Wagenbreth
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Stachan-Kunstyr
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Flik
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J
D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014611:Vaccination
D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines