HEPATITIS B VIRUS VACCINE RESPONSE IN CHILDREN 15-19 YEARS OLD

Abstract

ABSTRACT To determine Hepatitis B virus vaccine response in vaccinated children 15 -19 years old. Three hundred children were vaccinated after an informed consent and after tests for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) markers (HBsAg, anti-HBc and anti-HBs) during 1999 -2000 in program INTERREG II of European Community (EC). All of them were negative before vaccination. The children were vaccinated by the classic (months 0, 1 and 6) schedule (XI, XII 1999 -V 200