Kinetics of anti-HBs after hepatitis B vaccination: a comparison of two recombinant and one plasma-derived vaccines.
Geometric mean titers were determined for three groups of medical students who had been vaccinated against hepatitis B with two different yeast-derived recombinant vaccines and one plasma-derived vaccine. The antibody kinetics for the three groups were similar over a period of 4 years. A formula for prediction of titers from the post-booster anti-HBs concentration is provided.
Gesemann
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Institut für Medizinische Virologie und Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum, Essen, Federal Republic of Germany.
Schröder
S
S
Scheiermann
N
N
Maurer
C
C
D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D014611:Vaccination; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000276:immunology
D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic