The heritage of hepatitis B vaccine.

Douglas, R G · JAMA · 1996

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

Pioneering development of the plasma-derived and yeast-derived recombinant hepatitis B vaccines represents a major contribution to preventive health care of this century. Current and expanding worldwide application of hepatitis B vaccine promises to eliminate and eventually eradicate hepatitis B infection from the human population and, with it, many cases of cirrhosis and cancer of the liver.

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