Passive/Active Immunization Against Hepatitis B

• Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases Vol. 150; no. 1; pp. 112 - 117
• Main Authors: Zachoval, Reinhart, Jilg, Wolfgang, Lorbeer, Bernd, Schmidt, Marion, Deinhardt, Friedrich
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL The University of Chicago Press 01.07.1984; University of Chicago Press
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Antibodies; Biological and medical sciences; Female; Half-Life; Hepatitis antigens; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B - immunology; Hepatitis B Antibodies - biosynthesis; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - immunology; Hepatitis B Vaccines; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis B virus - immunology; Human viral diseases; Humans; Immune response; Immunization; Immunization, Passive - adverse effects; Immunoglobulins; Infections; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Original Articles; Sex Factors; Time Factors; Vaccination; Vaccination - adverse effects; Viral diseases; Viral hepatitis; Viral Vaccines - immunology; Infection; Viral hepatitis B; Immunoprophylaxis; Passive immunization; Viral disease; Active immunization

No differences in eventual immune-response rates were found between 325 subjects immunized passively/actively against hepatitis B and a control group of 108 subjects vaccinated only actively. The geometric mean titers of antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen were nearly identical in controls and...