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Ten-Year Persistence of Antibody to Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in Healthcare Workers Vaccinated Against Hepatitis B Virus, and Response to Booster Vaccination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ricardo Durlach ,
Stella Laugas ,
Cristina B. Freuler ,
Viviana E. Rodríguez  and
Marta Costa
Ricardo Durlach*
Affiliation:
German Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Stella Laugas
Affiliation:
German Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cristina B. Freuler
Affiliation:
German Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Viviana E. Rodríguez
Affiliation:
German Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Marta Costa
Affiliation:
German Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*
Avenida Pueyrredon 1640, (1118) Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Abstract

This study estimated the number of HCWs with protective antibody levels 5 and 10 years after HBV vaccination. Kaplan-Meier probabilities of protective levels were 0.95 at 60 days after vaccination, 0.87 at 5 years, and 0.79 at 10 years. Those without protective levels displayed good response 7 and 30 days after a booster

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 10 , October 2003 , pp. 773 - 776
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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