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Immunization
Findings from National Institute of Public Health and the Environment provide new insights into immunization
April 22nd, 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...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-04-22)
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