title: [Immunization of hepatitis B vaccine integrated with expanded program on immunization schedule in children].
abstract: We studied the immunization of hepatitis B vaccine integrated with of EPI. 180 children (0-9 months of age) from three towns of Shunde County were randomly divided in to three groups (two trial groups and one control group). Which were vaccinated by three different immunization schedule. The serum antibodies to different vaccines were measured before and after immunization. The results show that the seroconversion rate and GMT of each EPI vaccine are conformed with the expected EPI indexes. The seroconversion rate of anti-HBs antibody is found no significantly different among the three groups. The titres of pertussis agglutinating and three types polio neutralizing antibody is higher in trial groups than that in the control group. We conclude that the immunization of hepatitis B vaccine can be integrated into the EPI schedule. And third dose of hepatitis B vaccine can be simultaneously given with measles vaccine.
authors.affiliation: Health & Anti-epidemic Station of Guangdong Province, Guang-zhou.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D007223:Infant; D014611:Vaccination; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines
chemical_list: D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines