| continuing risk for hepatitis b virus transmission among southeast asian infants in louisiana. | implementation and evaluation of a hepatitis b vaccination program for southeast asian infants in louisiana. | 1995 | 7491231 |
| hepatitis b vaccination of adolescents--california, louisiana, and oregon, 1992-1994. | although hepatitis b vaccine has been available in the united states since 1982, acute and chronic hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection remains a public health problem. the comprehensive national strategy to prevent hbv transmission includes hepatitis b vaccination of adolescents, particularly in communities with high rates of injecting-drug use, teenage pregnancy, and/or sexually transmitted diseases (stds). however, vaccination of adolescents may be difficult because of their lack of routine heal ... | 1994 | 8065291 |
| the need for more aggressive follow-up of children born to hepatitis b surface antigen-positive mothers: lessons from the louisiana perinatal hepatitis b immunization program. | preventing perinatal transmission of hepatitis b virus (hbv) is an important part of strategies to prevent hbv-related disease. to help prevent perinatal transmission the louisiana office of public health began in 1990 a statewide program to track children of hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag)-positive mothers. we examined data from this program to evaluate the effectiveness of the program and to assess the value of serologic testing in the program. | 1996 | 8783352 |
| naturally occurring core-gene-defective hepatitis b viruses. | this study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of core-gene-defective hepatitis b virus (hbv) in patients with chronic hbv infection, and the nature and significance of the deletions. pcr was performed on sera from 263 patients with chronic hbv infection. seventeen (6.5%) patients had smaller band(s) in addition to a band of the expected size. additional bands were also detected in the follow-up samples from 80% and 3% patients who had respectively, multiple and single bands initially. si ... | 1995 | 9049388 |
| immunogenicity of hepatitis b vaccines. implications for persons at occupational risk of hepatitis b virus infection. | to assess risk factors for decreased immunogenicity among adults vaccinated with hepatitis b vaccine and to determine the importance of differences in immunogenicity between vaccines among health care workers (hcws). | 1998 | 9651632 |