Response to hepatitis-B vaccination in healthy homosexual individuals: Retrospective case control study

Satyajit Das; Mary Brassington; Susan M. Drake; Elizabeth Boxall

doi:10.1016/S0264-410X(03)00392-X

Response to hepatitis-B vaccination in healthy homosexual individuals: Retrospective case control study

Satyajit Das^*, Mary Brassington, Susan M. Drake, Elizabeth Boxall

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The aim of the study was to compare the responses of homosexual men (HM) receiving a standard course of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine with those of healthcare workers vaccinated in the same hospital over the same period. Boosters for inadequate responders and repeat courses for non-responders were given. Forty of 61 (75.4%) of HM completing full follow-up were successfully vaccinated, compared with 128 of 129 (99.2%) female and 94 of 96 (97.9%) male health care workers (P<0.001). The response to hepatitis-B vaccination in healthy homosexual men is poor and significantly lower than healthcare workers vaccinated and followed up according to the same protocol.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3701-3705
Number of pages	5
Journal	Vaccine
Volume	21
Issue number	25-26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0264-410X(03)00392-X
Publication status	Published - 2003

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Case control study
Hepatitis-B vaccination
Homosexual individuals

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