Vaccines (HBV)

Hepatitis B Vaccine Response Can be Predicted

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, March 30th, 1998

Smoking status may be the best indicator of whether or not someone will respond to hepatitis B virus vaccination, according to a report from New York State.

Researchers from Cooperstown's Bassett Healthcare found that it is possible to predict who will and will not develop protective response to hepatitis B vaccine.

"Our data suggest that the main risk factor in nonresponse to hepatitis B vaccine is smoking status," Kaliroi Alimonos and colleagues wrote ("Prediction of Response to Hepatitis B Vaccine in Healthcare Workers: Whose Titers of Antibody to Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Should Be Determined After a Three-Dose Series, and What Are the...

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