… nine preterm infants with birth weights <1750 gm had three doses of hepatitis B vaccine. Fifty…
first dose when they weighed -->1000 gm (group I) and 42 when they weighed _>2000 gm (…

… This study suggests that hepatitis B vaccine can be given to infants with birth weights of <
1500 gm at 1 month of age. This finding indicates that the current AAP recommendation of …

… The pooled estimates for preterm birth may be subject to a … birth weight and impaired
immune response to the hepatitis B vaccine was not statistically significant when birth weight …

… But there are no current data about infant hepatitis B vaccination that focus on birthweight …
Weight was measured again at the first month and the sixth month of age. Blood was …

… infant, low birth weight, steroid use, and poor weight gain in … three doses of hepatitis B vaccine
when vaccine is initiated in … the start of hepatitis B vaccination in premature infants at low …

… 44 infants with birth weights < 2000 g who received three doses of hepatitis B vaccine at 1,
2, … The body weights ranged between 1200 and 3300 (mean (SD) 2356 + (418)) g when they …

… response to hepatitis B vaccinations in children up to 13 years of age who had very low birth
weights. The anti-HBs response rate in our study was as high as 73.5% in children up to 7 …

… administration at birth. Since inception of the universal hepatitis B infant immunization policy
… a preference that all infants receive hepatitis B vaccine at birth or before discharge home …

… Neonates of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive and hepatitis B encoded antigen
(… hepatitis B vaccine at months 0, 1, 6, or 0, 1, 2, 12, with or without immunoglobulin at birth, …

… This review will focus on the immunological response to hepatitis B immunization in preterm
infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers and the influence on perinatal transmission rate. In …