title: Survey of neonatal hepatitis B vaccination in Leicestershire.
abstract: Some 121,390 live and still births were recorded in Leicestershire between June 1986 and May 1995. All mothers were offered antenatal screening for hepatitis B and 161 were positive for hepatitis B surface antigen. Examination of case notes from 113 mother and baby pairs identified 70 infants who fulfilled criteria for vaccination in place at the time, 47 of whom (67%) had received the three doses of hepatitis B vaccine then recommended for prevention of neonatal infection.
authors.affiliation: Doncaster Health Authority.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Neal
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000151:congenital* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines