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Research Paper

Antibody and immune memory persistence after vaccination of preadolescents with low doses of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine

Pages 212-218 | Published online: 01 Feb 2010
 

Abstract

Little is known about the impact of low-dose hepatitis B vaccine on the persistence of anti-HBs and immune memory in school-age children. Recombivax-HB 2.5µg (RB) has been widely used in school-age children. RB induces high seroprotection rates, but relatively low anti-HBs titers. The main objectives of this phase of the study were to assess anti-HBs persistence and the presence of immune memory 10 years post-vaccination of 8-10 year-old children with 3 doses of RB and the persistence of anti-HBs post-booster dose administration 5 (Group A; n=250) or 10 years (Group B; n=263) post-vaccination. No significant difference was observed between GMTs and the proportion of subjects with anti-HBs titers ≥10mIU/mL 5 or 10 years post-vaccination. In both groups, a 56-fold decrease of anti-HBs GMTs was observed. One month post-booster, all but two subjects in Group A had an anti-HBs titer ≥10mIU/mL. A 4.9- and 11.4-fold decrease in anti-HBs GMTs were observed during the first year post-booster in Group A and B, respectively. One year post-booster, the two groups were equivalent: ≥98.8% of subjects had an anti-HBs ≥10mIU/mL. In group A, five years post-booster, 96.8% had a titer ≥10mIU/mL; the GMT was 17-fold higher than the GMT 5 years post-vaccination (p

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