LEIPZIG, Germany -- May 18, 2015 -- Children with Coeliac disease
have an impaired response to hepatitis-B virus (HBV) vaccine, and a
single booster dose of HBV vaccine is not effective to achieve an
adequate immune response, according to results from a prospective,
observational study reported at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the European
Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID).
“Several studies described an impaired immunological response to HBV
vaccine in children with Coeliac disease, where a high percentage of
nonresponders has been observed,” stated lead author Maria José Pérez
MD, Henares Universitary Hospital, Coslada, Spain, speaking here on May
15.
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