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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Infection and Effect of Booster Response Amongst Taiwanese Young Adults

NCT00702663 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1800

Last updated 2008-06-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to observe and evaluate initiate serum anti-HBs titers during entrance health examination among undergraduate freshmen in a university who showed a complete 4-dose HBV vaccination in infancy and whose serum status was (1) HBsAg negative and anti-HBc negative and (2) anti-HBc positive alone. For those students whose anti-HBs \<10 mIU/ml, additional HBV vaccination boosters were given according to routine governmental suggested schedules. The anamnestic effect then is observed in both groups. The results of this study may contribute to the analysis of the effectiveness of anti-HBV vaccination twenty years after the commencement of the program and the necessity of initiating HBV booster program among Taiwanese young adults.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fu-Hsiung Su, BMBS · Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Completion
2008-10-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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