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Intradermal hepatitis B immunization with yeast-derived vaccine: serological response by sex and age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

C. A. Morris ,
P. R. Oliver ,
F. Reynolds  and
J. B. Selkon
C. A. Morris
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 8XH
P. R. Oliver
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 8XH
F. Reynolds
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 8XH
J. B. Selkon
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, John Radcliffe Infirmary, Headington, Oxford, 0X3 9DU
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The efficacy and acceptability of yeast-derived recombinant hepatitis B vaccine given by the intradermal route was investigated in 221 health care volunteers. Two hundred and sixteen received a full course of three doses of vaccine. Only one subject was withdrawn because of a significant adverse reaction (psoriasis). The vaccine stimulated an antibody response in 81%. The response to the vaccine was better in women than in men (87% compared with 71%, p = 0·007) and in women below the age of 40 years compared with older women (94% compared with 76%, p = 0·01). For men the response showed a sequential decline with age for each decade (90% responders from age 29 or less, 72% aged 30—39 and 65% aged 40 or more, p = 0·04). Retrospective enquiry showed that over 90% had found the intradermal route acceptable and 59% would prefer vaccine by the intradermal route in preference to intramuscular notwithstanding local reactions. Although the seroconversion rate was of a high order in younger women the antibody titres were not high with only 9 of 215 recipients developing titres >1000 mIU/ml, a level which could be expected to ensure prolonged immunity. A fourth intradermal dose of vaccine given to 60 volunteers who had shown a low response (<38 mIU/ml) or no serological response to a three-dose course stimulated a good booster effect (to 150—600 mIU/ml) in only 5 (8%).

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 103 , Issue 2 , October 1989 , pp. 387 - 394
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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