Positivity rate of hepatitis B surface antigen in 16-year-old first-time blood donors: effectiveness of immunoprophylaxis with hepatitis B vaccine and immunoglobulin in newborn infants with mothers positive for hepatitis B e antigen

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2008 Jan;61(1):94.

Authors

Shigeharu Uchida¹, Kenji Tadokoro

Affiliation

¹ Tokyo Western Red Cross Blood Center, Tokyo 190-0014, Japan. shi-uchida@tokyo.bc.jrc.or.jp

PMID: 18219148

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Blood Donors
Hepatitis B / epidemiology*
Hepatitis B / prevention & control*
Hepatitis B / transmission
Hepatitis B / virology
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / blood
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / isolation & purification
Hepatitis B Vaccines / administration & dosage*
Hepatitis B Vaccines / immunology
Hepatitis B e Antigens / blood*
Hepatitis B e Antigens / isolation & purification
Humans
Immunoglobulins / therapeutic use*
Infant
Japan / epidemiology

Substances

Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
Hepatitis B Vaccines
Hepatitis B e Antigens
Immunoglobulins