Biomaterial Database

Protective efficacy of hepatitis B vaccination. 1995

M C Kew

Department of Medicine, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002353	Carrier State	The condition of harboring an infective organism without manifesting symptoms of infection. The organism must be readily transmissible to another susceptible host.	Asymptomatic Carrier State,Asymptomatic Infection Carrier,Inapparent Infection Carrier,Presymptomatic Carrier State,Presymptomatic Infection Carrier,Super-spreader Carrier,Superspreader Carrier,Asymptomatic Carrier States,Asymptomatic Infection Carriers,Carrier State, Asymptomatic,Carrier State, Presymptomatic,Carrier States,Carrier, Super-spreader,Carrier, Superspreader,Carriers, Super-spreader,Carriers, Superspreader,Inapparent Infection Carriers,Infection Carrier, Asymptomatic,Infection Carrier, Inapparent,Infection Carrier, Presymptomatic,Presymptomatic Carrier States,Presymptomatic Infection Carriers,Super spreader Carrier,Super-spreader Carriers,Superspreader Carriers
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D006509	Hepatitis B	INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans caused by a member of the ORTHOHEPADNAVIRUS genus, HEPATITIS B VIRUS. It is primarily transmitted by parenteral exposure, such as transfusion of contaminated blood or blood products, but can also be transmitted via sexual or intimate personal contact.	Hepatitis B Virus Infection
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000349	Africa	The continent south of EUROPE, east of the ATLANTIC OCEAN and west of the INDIAN OCEAN.
D001208	Asia	The largest of the continents. It was known to the Romans more specifically as what we know today as Asia Minor. The name comes from at least two possible sources: from the Assyrian asu (to rise) or from the Sanskrit usa (dawn), both with reference to its being the land of the rising sun, i.e., eastern as opposed to Europe, to the west. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p82 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p34)
D017325	Hepatitis B Vaccines	Vaccines or candidate vaccines containing inactivated hepatitis B or some of its component antigens and designed to prevent hepatitis B. Some vaccines may be recombinantly produced.	Hepatitis B Vaccine,Vaccine, Hepatitis B,Vaccines, Hepatitis B
D018562	Disease Transmission, Infectious	The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens. When transmission is within the same species, the mode can be horizontal or vertical (INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL).	Close-Contact Infectious Disease Transmission,Close-Contact Transmission,Community Spread,Community Transmission,Disease Superspreader Event,Disease Superspreading,Droplet Transmission of Infectious Disease,Droplet Transmission, Infectious Disease,Infectious Disease Droplet Transmission,Person-to-Person Transmission,Autochthonous Transmission,Communicable Disease Transmission,Horizontal Transmission of Infection,Horizontal Transmission of Infectious Disease,Infection Transmission,Infection Transmission, Horizontal,Infectious Disease Transmission,Infectious Disease Transmission, Horizontal,Pathogen Transmission,Pathogen Transmission, Horizontal,Transmission of Infectious Disease,Transmission, Infectious Disease,Autochthonous Transmissions,Close Contact Infectious Disease Transmission,Close Contact Transmission,Close-Contact Transmissions,Community Transmissions,Disease Superspreader Events,Disease Superspreadings,Disease Transmission, Communicable,Event, Disease Superspreader,Events, Disease Superspreader,Infection Horizontal Transmission,Person to Person Transmission,Superspreader Event, Disease,Superspreader Events, Disease,Superspreading, Disease,Superspreadings, Disease,Transmission, Autochthonous,Transmission, Close-Contact,Transmission, Communicable Disease,Transmission, Infection,Transmission, Pathogen,Transmission, Person-to-Person,Transmissions, Autochthonous,Transmissions, Community