作者: Heather F. Gidding , Margaret Warlow , C. Raina MacIntyre , Josephine Backhouse , Gwendolyn L. Gilbert
DOI: 10.1016/J.VACCINE.2007.07.046
关键词: Viral disease 、 Vaccination 、 Hepatitis b vaccination 、 HBsAg 、 Population 、 Infant vaccination 、 Hepatitis B 、 School based 、 Demography 、 Medicine 、 Immunology
摘要: Abstract We compared the results of two national serosurveys in Australia to evaluate impact universal infant vaccination and school-based programs for adolescents. Immunity improved significantly overall, especially 1-year-olds (40.0% versus 86%; p = 0.0008). 6.1% 1–59-year-olds were positive HBcAb 0.7% HBsAg. have demonstrated successful implementation hepatitis B that adolescents are effective. This experience should be applicable low prevalence countries northern Europe which not implemented immunisation.