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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Beghin, Jean‐Christophe
• Ruelle, Jean
• Sokal, Etienne
• Bachy, Antoine
• Krishna, Malini
• Hall, Leslie
• Goubau, Patrick
• Van der Linden, Dimitri

Titel

Effectiveness of the South African expanded program of immunization against hepatitis B in children infected with human immunodeficiency virus‐1 living in a resource‐limited setting of Kwazulu‐Natal

Ist Teil von

• Journal of medical virology, 2017-01, Vol.89 (1), p.182-185

Ort / Verlag

United States: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

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Quelle

Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Prevalence of Human‐Immunodeficiency‐Virus/Hepatitis‐B‐virus (HIV/HBV) coinfection and HBV vaccination response in children are unknown in Kwazulu‐Natal. This study included 183 HIV‐infected and 108 HIV‐uninfected children aged between 5 and 15 years screened for HBV infection and vaccination. HBV infection occurred in 2.1% and 0% of HIV‐infected and uninfected children respectively. Serological response to immunization was shown in 15.8% and 61.1% of HIV‐infected and uninfected children, respectively (P < 0.001). Even if prevalence of HBV infection was low in these cohorts, HIV‐infected children will stay at risk of infection if the vaccine schedule is not adapted. J. Med. Virol. 89:182–185, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.