Persistence of hepatitis B immunity following 3-dose infant primary series in HIV-infected Thai adolescents and immunologic response to revaccination
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal Aug 30, 2017
Lapphra KM, et al. – Authors here determined the need to revaccinate perinatally HIV–infected Thai adolescents against hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. In this study, only half of perinatally HIV–infected adolescents were able to elicit anti–HBs response with a single–dose HBV vaccine. Revaccination with 3–dose schedule was required in in these adolescents who did not initiate highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) at the time of infant vaccination.
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