Accelerated hepatitis B vaccine schedules protect prisoners better

According to published research from Denmark, "a randomized study of injecting drug users in a Danish prison comparing vaccination at 0, 1 and 3 weeks with the 0, 1 and 6 months schedule (20 mcg Engerix B intramuscularly) was conducted. Due to a low participation rate, a second nonrandomized study was conducted in Estonia where all prisoners were vaccinated with the short schedule."

"In the randomized study, the compliance with three doses was 63% (12/19) in the 3-week schedule compared to 20% (3/15) in the 6-month schedule (p=0.017)," reported P.B. Christensen and colleagues, Odense...

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