Abstract:Background: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of HBV vaccination and factors associated with vaccine unresponsiveness in healthy children. Methods: A total of 141 healthy children aged between 2-5 years were included in the study. All of the cases had received 20 µg of recombinant DNA vaccine for hepatitis B (0,1 and 6 months). Demographic features and the factors such as duration of breastfeeding, exposure to HBsAg-positive family members, administration of concomitant vaccines and exposur… Show more
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