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Hepatitis B virus transmission pattern and vaccination efficiency in Uzbekistan.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Feb 2008
Avazova Dildora, Kurbanov Fuat, Tanaka Yasuhito, Sugiyama Masaya, Radchenko Ivan, Ruziev Dilmurod, Musabaev Erkin, Mizokami Masashi
Abstract excerpt
A national program of universal vaccination for the prevention of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was launched in Uzbekistan since 1998. To evaluate the 6 years' outcome of the program, 567 children were enrolled in the study. Among those enrolled, 333 had immunized with adw2 type based Engerix-B (Glaxo Smith Kline Beechem, Rixensart, Belgium) and 48 with adr type based Hepavax-Gene (Green Cross Vaccine...
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