Immune response to an indigenously developed hepatitis-B ( Shanvac-B) vaccine in a tribal community of India

Hepatitis-B infection is highly endemic among the primitive tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. A pilot project of hepatitis-B vaccination using indigenously developed ( Shanvac-B) was initiated among the Nicobarese tribe in Car Nicobar Island. The 936 individuals negative for HBsAg and an...

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Published in:	Vaccine Vol. 20; no. 29; pp. 3431 - 3435
Main Authors:	Murhekar, M.V, Murhekar, K.M, Arankalle, V.A, Sehgal, S.C
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Elsevier Ltd 04.10.2002 Elsevier
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Andaman and Nicobar Islands Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Epidemiology. Vaccinations Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Hepatitis B Antibodies - blood Hepatitis B Vaccines - adverse effects Hepatitis B Vaccines - immunology Hepatitis-B Hepatitis-B vaccine Humans India Infant Infant, Newborn Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Microbiology Tribes Vaccination Vaccines, antisera, therapeutical immunoglobulins and monoclonal antibodies Virology Asia India Hepatitis-B Hepatitis-B vaccine Tribes Andaman and Nicobar Islands India Human Sanitary program Treatment efficiency Vaccination Orthohepadnavirus Hepatic disease Vaccine Cost benefit ratio Infection Virus Viral hepatitis B Hepadnaviridae Viral disease Digestive diseases Community health Safety Hepatitis B virus
ISSN:	0264-410X, 1873-2518
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