Sengupta B, Sarkar A, De M, Lahiri P, Bhattacharya D K
B R Singh Hospital, Calcutta.
J Indian Med Assoc. 1993 Nov;91(11):281-2, 285.
Twenty-seven employees of a blood transfusion centre, Calcutta were vaccinated with hepatitis B vaccine (recombinant DNA technology), 20 micrograms/1 ml intramuscularly on 0, 8, 32 weeks interval. The seroconversion rate at 8, 32, 40 weeks were 29.6%, 55.5% and 100% respectively. The recombinant hepatitis B vaccine is acceptable and safe. The seroconversion rate is comparable to plasma derived hepatitis B vaccine.
