"Immunization of US Soldiers with a Two-Dose Primary Series of Inactivated Hepatitis A Vaccine: Early Immune Response, Persistence of Antibody, and Response to a Third dose at 1 Year."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Journal of Infectious Diseases, "To study the feasibility of using inactivated hepatitis A vaccine for rapid immunization of US soldiers, 276 randomized seronegative volunteers received one of four regimens: two injections, on day 0 or one each on day 0 and 14, day 0 and 30, or day 0 and 180. A third dose was given on day 380. Among the 256 recipients of two doses, 99% responded with antibody (by ELISA) with few symptoms. A higher percentage of recipients of both doses on day 0 had antibody at day 14 (68% vs. 52% of all others, P<.03). The highest antibody concentrations (711 mIU/mL on day 240) were observed in...

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