The First Assessments of Pediatric HBV Immunization Coverage in Mauritania and Persistence of Antibody Titers Post Infant Immunizations.
Hala El HachimiMohamed Mahmoud Mohamed El AlemEsma HaimoudaneCheikh YeboukJannie PedersenF-Zahra Fall-MalickFatimetou KhiddiMohamed AbdaweSidi Ahmed SadeghHugues Fausther-BovendoMohamed Vall Mohamed AbdellahiPublished in: Vaccines (2023)
A marked reduction in the frequency of HBsAb titer was observed with time, indicating that HBsAb titer usefulness as marker of protection is short lived and prompting the need for more accurate biomarkers predictive of long-term protection.