title: [The level of anti-HBs in blood serum of persons selected from a group of Krakow inhabitants].
abstract: The aim of the study was to determine levels of anti-HBs antibodies in blood of 1490 adults coming from Cracow province. The first group of 1451 people did not suffer from viral hepatitis B in the past and were never vaccinated against hepatitis B; 86.2% of them did not demonstrate any protective level of anti-HBs antibodies, but 13.8%--presented antibody level equal to 10 IU/L or higher. The second group consisted of 14 individuals who did not suffer from virus hepatitis and who were vaccinated 1-5 years before examination (basic vaccination of three doses); they all demonstrated the protective anti-HBs antibody level (> or = 10 IU/L). In the third group there were 20 subjects who were post-hepatitis convalescents (they demonstrated symptomatic acute hepatitis 2-4 years before examination) and were never vaccinated; 7 of them did not present any protective level of anti-HBs antibodies, but the remaining 13 individuals demonstrated certain immunity status. The last group of 5 people, who suffered from acute hepatitis in the past and had received incomplete immunization (1 dose) previously demonstrated antibody levels of differentiated protective value.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Higieny i Ekologii Collegium Medicum UJ.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lutyński
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Juszczyk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
chemical_list: D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines