Newborns don’t need the vaccine against hepatitis b – the scientists

2018-01-21 16:34

Newborns don’t need the vaccine against hepatitis b – the scientists
The study showed that newborns can not be vaccinated against hepatitis b immediately after birth.

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A new study conducted in India showed that a lot of newborns protected from becoming infected with hepatitis b at birth the antibodies they received from their mothers, reports Rus.Media.

Therefore, vaccination of this dangerous viral disease immediately after birth is not necessary.

Hepatitis B is a viral infection, which causes cirrhosis or liver cancer. Hepatitis is considered to be one of the main causes of mortality in India. Today the disease affects more than 40 million Indians.

Scientists collected blood and a half kids with five Indian States in order to measure the level of antigen or antibody to the virus of hepatitis B. Among the 880 children received full immunization with two vaccine-686 has not received the first vaccine, but got the second, and 844 are generally not vaccinated. It turned out that in the first two groups, the level of protection from infection was the same, and therefore, researchers conclude that vaccination at birth babies do not need.