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Hepatitis B vaccine effectiveness in the face of global HBV genotype diversity.
Expert review of vaccines - 1 Dec 2011
Cassidy Adrian, Mossman Sally, Olivieri Antonio, De Ridder Marc, Leroux-Roels Geert
Abstract excerpt
Recombinant hepatitis B vaccines are of the A2 genotype; one of ten known genotypes whose distribution varies globally. Reports of rare HBV infections in blood donors with an imbalance of non-A2 genotype HBV in vaccinated subjects have raised questions about the cross-protection afforded by HBV-A2 vaccines. Infections in HBV vaccinees were asymptomatic and transient, indicating that vaccination prevented clinical...
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