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HBV Vaccination at Birth May Explain Unexplained Fevers

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 8th, 1999

by Salynn Boyles, Senior Editor -- The practice of vaccinating newborns against hepatitis B may explain an increase of unexplained fevers among neonates.

Researchers from Israel's Schneider Children's Medical Center investigated whether hepatitis B vaccination has increased the number of cases of unexplained neonatal fever.

The files of all infants born from January 1, 1991, to December 31, 1992, in whom a diagnosis of "injected antibiotic" or "disease of temperature regulation" was recorded, were reviewed. Those who had unexplained fever of 38(degree) C or higher during the first three days of life were divided into two groups: infants who did not...

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