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Immunization
New immunization study results reported from Yale University
July 30th, 2008
Current study results from the report, 'Economic evaluation of delivering hepatitis B vaccine to injection drug users,' have been published. "Injection drug users (IDUs) are at high risk of hepatitis B (HBV) infection, and hepatitis B vaccination coverage in IDUs is low. Recent studies demonstrate that syringe exchange programs are effective venues to reach and immunize IDUs," scientists in the United States report. "The purpose of this paper was to determine if targeting IDUs for HBV vaccination through syringe exchange programs is economically desirable for the healthcare system and to assess the relative effectiveness of several different vaccination strategies....
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-07-30)
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