CD26/DPPIV and response to hepatitis B vaccination

• Author(s): Dourado, Marília ; Alves, Vera ; Mesquita, Luis ; Ramos, Isabel ; Pinto, Anabela Mota ; Rosa, Manuel Santos
• Date: 2004
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/4777
• Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Hepatitis B; Vaccination response; Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV); Immune response
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

The prevention of hepatitis B is important, since it is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality around the world. Unfortunately, hepatitis B vaccine does not always induce protective immunity. The lack of immune response to vaccine (non-responders) can depend on individual characteristics. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TBB-4DBT0M2-1/1/263a1829afdc0987487d1075febcb5e9