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Acute hepatitis B infection escaping vaccination: A case report.
Medicine - 29 May 2026
Leonhard Sonja E, Fioole Daphne N, Benschop Kimberley S M, Willems Roel P J, Petrignani Mariska, Voordouw Bettie C G, Smeets Leonard C, Zaaijer Hans L
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RATIONALE: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important cause of acute and chronic infectious hepatitis globally. Vaccines against HBV are widely available and generally lead to lifelong protection against chronic infection, disease, and infectivity. Vaccine failure, in which a person fails to form sufficiently high antibody titers, occurs in 5% to 10% of the population. Vaccine failure due to mutations in the virus,...
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