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STD Clinics, Schools Possible Venues for HBV Vaccination

Published in Vaccine Weekly, September 25th, 1995

Sexually transmitted disease clinics, physicians' offices and even schools can serve as venues for the vaccination of teenagers against hepatitis B virus, but widespread acceptance of the vaccine is still a long way off.

This was the finding of several researchers presenting papers at the 11th meeting of the International Society for STD Research, held August 27-30 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

In the U.S. hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections are primarily sexually transmitted, and about 90 percent of infections are acquired in early adulthood.

Although HBV is the only sexually transmitted disease for which there is a proven effective...

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