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. 1995;73(4):523–527.

Long-term immunogenicity and efficacy of a reduced dose of plasma-based hepatitis B vaccine in young adults.

K T Goh 1, C J Oon 1, B H Heng 1, G K Lim 1
PMCID: PMC2486776  PMID: 7554025

Abstract

A cohort of seronegative preclinical medical and dental students and another cohort of seronegative national service recruits who were immunized intramuscularly with a reduced dose (10 micrograms) of plasma-based hepatitis B vaccine (Merck, Sharp & Dohme) at the start of the study and at 1 month and 6 months thereafter were followed up for 5 years and 6 years, respectively. Among the medical and dental students, antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) ( > or = 10 mlU/ml) was detected in 81% of the vaccinees at the end of the 5-year follow-up and the geometric mean titre (GMT) had dropped from 412.6 mlU/ml one year after completion of vaccination to 174.9 mlU/ml after 5 years. Antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) was detected in 0.4-1.0% of the vaccinees but none was positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) during the follow-up period. Among the national servicemen, the anti-HBs seroconversion rate and GMT were considerably lower than those of the preclinical medical and dental students. At the end of the 6-year follow-up, 55% of the vaccinees were positive for anti-HBs ( > or = 10 mlU/ml) and the GMT had dropped from 80.7 mlU/ml one year after completion of vaccination to 30.4 mlU/ml after 6 years. Anti-HBc was detected in 8 (2.7%) and transient HBs antigenaemia in 2 (0.7%) of 293 vaccinees after 4 years.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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