The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) currently recommends that people who have not completed the three-dose vaccination series against hepatitis B virus (HBV) should receive the missed doses: ie, the three-dose regimen does not need to be restarted.1 However, evidence suggests that a two-dose regimen may provide adequate seroprotection for healthy young adults. As the three-d...

Influenza infection can cause severe complications in patients with multiple myeloma. There are no systematic studies on the efficacy of influenza vaccines in patients with MM. In a retrospective, single-center study we assessed the immune response of MM patients to one and two doses of a trivalent influenza vaccine. The secondary aim of the study was to correlate the immune responses with dise...

background hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection is much more common in hemodialysis patients than the general population. these patients have an impaired immune response to hbv vaccination; to that end there are certain studies that have evaluated levamisole as an immunomodulator agent improving hbv vaccination response rate in hemodialysis patients. objectives in the current review, we have assem...

Background: The evaluation of seroprotection rates against vaccine-preventable infectious diseases allows for the identification risk populations. HIV-exposed infants, even if not infected with HIV, have higher morbidity and mortality in comparison to unexposed counterparts. aim this study was compare specific IgG levels Haemophilus influenzae type-B (HiB), Hepatitis-B (HBV), Streptococcus pneu...