Immunization
Findings from National Institute of Public Health and the Environment provide new insights into immunization
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 26th, 2009
New investigation results, 'Hepatitis B vaccination and changes in sexual risk behaviour among men who have sex with men in Amsterdam,' are detailed in a study published in Epidemiology and Infection. According to recent research published in the journal Epidemiology and Infection, "The impact of hepatitis B vaccination in men having sex with men in Amsterdam has been marginal until now, possibly because of increases in sexual risk behaviour counterbalancing the effect of vaccination. A mathematical model is used to describe the hepatitis B epidemic."
"The model shows that, with the current vaccination coverage, the decrease in incidence is small in the...
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