IMMUNOGENICITY OF LOW-DOSE INTRAMUSCULAR AND INTRADERMAL VACCINATION WITH RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Marília Dalva TURCHI, Celina Maria Turchi MARTELLI, Maria Lúcia FERRAZ, Antonio Eduardo SILVA, Divina das Dores de Paula CARDOSO, Pierpaolo MARTELLI, Lilian Joy W. Antunes OLIVEIRA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1997
• Subjects: Hepatitis B vaccination; Immunzation; Low doses; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Pasteur
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651997000100004; https://doaj.org/article/842f30809a8948f080d779e782fabb72

The study is a randomized trial using recombinant DNA vaccine to determine whether an intramuscular 10 µg dose or intradermal 2 µg induces satisfactory anti-HBs levels compared to the standard dose of intramuscular 20 µg. participants were 359 healthy medical and nurse students randomly allocated to...