Hepatitis B Surface Antibody Response of Household Contacts of Hepatitis B Virus Carriers In Palestine

Journal Title, Volume, Page:

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2005 May;11(3):494-8

Year of Publication:

2005

Link:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16602472

Authors:

Adwan K

Department of Biological Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, P. O. Box 7, Palestine

N. Abu-Hasan

Department of Biological Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, P. O. Box 7, Palestine

G. Adwan

Department of Biological Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, P. O. Box 7, Palestine

Current Affiliation:

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, An-Najah National University, Nablus. Palestine

[email protected]

K. Abu-Khater

Department of Biological Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, P. O. Box 7, Palestine

Preferred Abstract (Original):

To evaluate the effectiveness of hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination of household contacts of HBV carriers in Tulkarm district, Palestine, quantitative hepatitis B surface (anti-HBs) antibody response in161 household contacts was measured after vaccination. A seroprotective anti-HBs response (titre ≥ 10 IU/L) was elicited in all vaccinated subjects. Of these 2.5% had titres of 10–99 IU/L, 61.5% 100–999 IU/L and36.0% ≥ 1000 IU/L. The number of vaccination doses had no effect on the achievement of seroprotection. HBV infection was demonstrated in 13 cases and their anti-HBV titres were in the range 25–350 IU/L.

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