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Data from University of Padua advance knowledge in immunization
January 14th, 2009
According to recent research from Padua, Italy, "The prevalence of markers for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and the rate of compliance with HBV vaccination laws were investigated in a study at Padua University Medical School (Italy)." "Of 2,361 students, 385 (16.3%) tested negative for antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen. When vaccination was actively offered to these students, there was a low rate of compliance (47.0% [181 students]) but a good rate of seroconversion (93.1% [95 of 102 students])," wrote A. Trevisan and colleagues, University of Padua. The researchers concluded: "Screening for HBV markers appears to be crucial to efforts to increase...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-01-14)
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