RESUMO

Eighteen infants of mothers with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection were given hepatitis B vaccine at birth. Seroconversion occurred in all 13 infants whose HIV antibody disappeared, versus one of five HIV-infected children. The four of five HIV-infected infants who did not mount an antibody response progressed rapidly to full-blown acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Thus HIV-infected infants respond poorly to hepatitis B vaccine.

Assuntos

Infecções por HIV/imunologia , Anticorpos Anti-Hepatite B/sangue , Vacinas contra Hepatite B/imunologia , Feminino , Anticorpos Anti-HIV/sangue , Infecções por HIV/transmissão , Antígenos de Superfície da Hepatite B/imunologia , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Mães