Long-term persistence of immunity after hepatitis B vaccination: Is this substantiated by the literature?

Hepatitis B vaccination is held to provide life-long protection against hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, but evidence for this notion remains wanting, since no studies have assessed the vaccinees in their fourth decade of life. Indeed, there are several reports indicating that despite vaccination...

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Main Author: Terence T. Lao (Author)
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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