[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis B vaccine and immunoglobulin: key concepts

S Das, K Ramakrishnan, SK Behera… - Journal of clinical and …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) immunization is safe and has been accepted worldwide as a routine
practice. The target of such vaccination is to induce the immune response in the host …

A global view to HBV chronic infection: evolving strategies for diagnosis, treatment and prevention in immunocompetent individuals

LA Nicolini, A Orsi, P Tatarelli, C Viscoli… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is a significant public health challenge. Around 250 million people
live with chronic HBV infection. With a global approach to this issue, we focus on new …

Hepatitis B vaccination efficacy in Iranian healthcare workers: a meta-analysis study

M Azami, MRH Ahmadi, K Sayehmiri - Hepatitis monthly, 2017 - brieflands.com
Context: Despite various studies, there is no overall estimation about the efficacy of Hepatitis
B virus (HBV) vaccine among healthcare workers (including healthcare personnel and …

Schedules for hepatitis B vaccination of risk groups: balancing immunogenicity and compliance

K Van Herck, E Leuridan, P Van Damme - Sexually transmitted …, 2007 - sti.bmj.com
Introduction: Vaccination is an important tool in hepatitis B prevention. However, several
vaccine doses are required to induce long-term protection. Several at-risk groups have …

A randomized controlled study of accelerated versus standard hepatitis B vaccination in HIV-positive patients

TEMS de Vries-Sluijs, BE Hansen… - The Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background. In human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)− infected patients, the immunogenicity
of hepatitis B vaccines is impaired. The primary and secondary aims of our study were to …

Derisking CD20-therapies for long-term use

I Smets, G Giovannoni - Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 2022 - Elsevier
Anti-CD20 have quickly become the mainstay in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and
other neuroinflammatory conditions. However, when they are used as a maintenance …

The rhesus macaque pediatric SIV infection model-a valuable tool in understanding infant HIV-1 pathogenesis and for designing pediatric HIV-1 prevention strategies

K Abel - Current HIV research, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Worldwide, the AIDS pandemic continues almost relentlessly. Women are now representing
the fastest growing group of newly infected HIV-1 infected patients. The risk of mother-to …

Hepatitis B vaccination in prison with a 3-week schedule is more efficient than the standard 6-month schedule

PB Christensen, N Fisker, HB Krarup, E Liebert… - Vaccine, 2004 - Elsevier
A randomized study of injecting drug users in a Danish prison comparing vaccination at 0, 1
and 3 weeks with the 0, 1 and 6 months schedule (20μg Engerix B im) was conducted. Due …

Sexual transmission of hepatitis B

M Atkins, M Nolan - Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Hepatitis B virus remains a major health burden but it is preventable by education and
vaccination. Greater resources are required to expand vaccination to the at-risk, sexually …

Incident hepatitis B virus infection and immunisation uptake in Australian prison inmates

H Li, B Cameron, D Douglas, S Stapleton… - Vaccine, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Despite an effective vaccine, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection continues to
impose a large burden of disease globally. Until childhood immunisation achieves high …