please explain this .... - success_2016

[ArchivalUser]

nbme 12 block 1-q 17
a healthy 24 year old man comes to physician foe a follow-up visit.1 month ago he received th first dose of recombinant hep b vaccine .he is scheduled to receive the second dose of the vaccine today.which of the following best describes the likely antibody response against antigen in this patient after the second dose compared with the response after the initial dose?
a)higher ratio of serum igG to igM and an earlier igG peak
b)higher ratio of serum igG to igM and a later igG peak
c)lower ratio of serum igG to igM and an earler igG peak
d)lower ratio of serum igG to igM and a later peak

[ArchivalUser]

please any one?

[ArchivalUser]

I think it's a. The secondary response is usually igG n earlier.
Hope this helps

[ArchivalUser]

A ,

this is a booster dose ,for more and faster activation of plasma cell to produce antibody.
hope it helpful.

[ArchivalUser]

thank u skin n mdkhayat ...do u know any source to refer about hepatitis b vaccine doses and serology markers after each dose?

[ArchivalUser]

I don't know ,sorry.
search .