Anti-HBs is a neutralizing antibody and its presence suggests the recovery from hepatitis B and confers a long-term protective immunity against HBV infection. In addition, it is the only ...

led to a hepatitis B vaccine and culminated in the Nobel prize. During this time, I had developed a panel of sera consisting of duplicate coded samples that had been proved to be infectious in the ...

Background: The duration of protection after hepatitis B vaccination of infants is unknown. Methods: We determined antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) at 4-13 years of age in 363 ...

DTaP for younger children), but not hepatitis B. While most people who get a complete hep B series do not need a booster dose, some vulnerable individuals do. For this reason, antibody levels are ...

This large-scale exploratory study demonstrated that the prevalence of HDV antibody positivity was ... patients were hepatitis B e antigen-positive. The mean (standard deviation) HBsAg level ...