Vaccines (HBV)

Is Universal Better than Selective Immunization in Developing World?

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, October 19th, 1998

Universal hepatitis B virus immunization may be more cost effective than selective immunization in developing areas such as Bangladesh, India.

Researchers from a Bangladesh research center are calling for the replacement of selective vaccination with universal vaccination in that country.

"Considering the nationwide limited facilities for antenatal checkup and laboratory tests, universal vaccination of newborns will be logistically simpler to achieve a better control of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection," M.A. Karim Rumi and colleagues wrote ("Detection of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in Pregnant Women Attending a Public Hospital for Delivery: ...

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