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Hepatitis B vaccination and the rate of seroconversion in high risk contacts
1B R Singh Hospital, Calcutta.
Journal of the Indian Medical Association
|November 1, 1993
Abstract:
Twenty-seven employees of a blood transfusion centre, Calcutta were vaccinated with hepatitis B vaccine (recombinant DNA technology), 20 micrograms/1 ml intramuscularly on 0, 8, 32 weeks interval. The seroconversion rate at 8, 32, 40 weeks were 29.6%, 55.5% and 100% respectively. The recombinant hepatitis B vaccine is acceptable and safe. The seroconversion rate is comparable to plasma derived hepatitis B vaccine.