| Journal Call no. | R644.H63J573 |
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| Author | Lim, W. L. |
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| Article Title | Immune response to hepatitis B vaccine in health care workers in Hong Kong / WL Lim, DA Wong and KC Cheng. |
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| Is Part Of | Hong Kong medical journal ; v.2, no.2, Jun 1996, p.138-140. |
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| Abstract | Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been recognised as a significant occupational hazard for health care workers (HCWs). In Hong Kong, the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs) in the general population has been reported to be 9.5% with HBs detectable in up to 20% of random samples received from hospital wards. In 1983, the government Medical and Health Department in Hong Kong recommended that hepatitis B vaccination be given to HCWs who are at risk of frequent exposure to blood and body fluids. Although HBV vaccine has been reported to elicit a protective immune response in a high proportion of those immunised, immune response rates vary in different populations. There have been published reports on the immune responses to HBV vaccine among infants and children in Hong Kong. In this article, the authors report the immune responses of HCWs to recombinant HBV vaccine (B-HEPAVAC II) in Hong Kong. |
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