title: Effects of booster HB vaccine in preventing hepatitis B virus infection from mother to child.
abstract: Hepatitis B immune serum 200 IU was injected intramuscularly to 127 infants born to hepatitis B e antigen positive mothers immediately after birth and at two months of age, and if necessary at four months. HB adjuvant vaccine 20 micrograms was injected subcutaneously at three, four, and six months. If antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen were 2(2) or less, one to four doses of booster vaccine 20 micrograms were given. The first booster vaccination was given in 8.7% of cases by the age of one year, in 19.3% by 18 months, in 23.9% by 24 months, and in 36.2% by 30 months; thus 2-to-3-year-old infants were more frequently vaccinated than younger ones. This implies that 80%-90% of infants could be protected from vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) up to the age of three years, if a booster vaccine was given to those born to HBeAg positive mothers not later than 24 months. Infants obtained enough antibody to prevent HBV infection by receiving one booster vaccination in 34 cases, by two in nine, by three in five, and by four in two.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kunitomi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ubuka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurashige
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D007117:Immunization, Secondary; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines