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vaccine for life ?

I got vaccineed when I was born and now after 23 years I thibk I got exposed to the virus .. is the vaccine for life or not ?
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317787 tn?1473358451
Hey there, I found some info from the CDC that in a healthy person the shot can last up to 20 years.
I thought you might want to read this

http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HBV/HBVfaq.htm#-
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if you are exposed to hbv as an adult you clear it by immune system, hbv gets chronic at birth from the mother when there is no immune system.

only 2.8% of adults, probably with damaged immune system, can get the chronic infection

vaccine is not always for life and it fails in more than 15-20% cases.
it is very badly desinged, this is one of the many studies
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25504950

but you can have it again after you test hbsag negative hbsab negative, the test is extremely simple/cheap and ready same day in god labs.after 20days from first shot recheck hbsab to see if you are a responder and if not recheck after 3 rd dose
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