Two-Dose Hepatitis B Vaccine Regimen Effective And Safe In Adolescents.

Publication: Hepatitis Weekly

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2001 APR 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --

by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer - Adolescents can be safely and effectively vaccinated with two doses of hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine instead of three, authors of a multi-center trial report.

The vaccine, Recombivax HB, when given at adult doses at six-month intervals, protects adolescents against HBV. Furthermore, two doses instead of three may...

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