title: Booster response to recombinant yeast-derived hepatitis B vaccine in vaccinees whose anti-HBs responses were initially elicited by a plasma-derived vaccine.
abstract: One hundred and eight primary school students who had been vaccinated with three doses of a plasma-derived hepatitis B vaccine were randomly divided into two groups, to receive a booster dose of either the same vaccine or of a recombinant yeast-derived vaccine. The pre-booster anti-hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs) geometric mean titres (GMT) were similar in both groups (281.8 mIU ml-1 versus 295.1 mIU ml-1, p greater than 0.5). One month after booster vaccination, all the vaccinees in both groups had a marked elevation in their anti-HBs titres, the anti-HBs GMT in group 1 and group 2 being 19,952.6 and 51,286.1 mIU ml-1 (p less than 0.05), respectively. In conclusion, the recombinant yeast-derived hepatitis B vaccine was able to elicit an excellent booster response in vaccinees who had originally received a plasma-derived vaccine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Lo
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D007117:Immunization, Secondary; D008297:Male; D010949:Plasma / Q000276:immunology*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000276:immunology*; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000276:immunology*; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines