Humoral and cell-mediated immune responses after a booster dose of HBV vaccine in HIV-infected children, adolescents and young adults

HBV vaccine induces protective antibodies only in 23-56% of HIV-infected children. The aim of our study is to evaluate the immunologic effects of a booster dose of HBV vaccine in HIV-infected youth. 53 young HIV-infected patients in whom HBV vaccination did not elicit protective Ab titers were enrol...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 13; no. 2; p. e0192638
Main Authors:	Giacomet, Vania, Masetti, Michela, Nannini, Pilar, Forlanini, Federica, Clerici, Mario, Zuccotti, Gian Vincenzo, Trabattoni, Daria
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 14.02.2018 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adolescents Adults AIDS Antibodies Antigens Antiretroviral drugs Biology and Life Sciences CD4 antigen CD8 antigen Children Drug therapy Effector cells Hepatitis Hepatitis B vaccines HIV HIV patients Human immunodeficiency virus Immune response Immune response (cell-mediated) Immune response (humoral) Immunity Immunization Immunological memory Immunology Infections Interleukin 2 Lymphocytes Lymphocytes T Medical research Medicine and Health Sciences Memory cells Parameter modification Patients Pediatrics Physiological aspects Schedules Seroconversion Subgroups Teenagers Tumor necrosis factor-α Vaccination Vaccines Viruses Young adults Youth γ-Interferon Italy
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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