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Hepatitis B vaccination less effective in healthy homosexual men.
2003 NOV 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis B vaccination was less effective in healthy homosexual men than in a population of healthcare workers.
"The aim of the study was to compare the responses of homosexual men (HM) receiving a standard course of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine with those of healthcare workers vaccinated in the same hospital over the same period. Boosters for inadequate responders and repeat courses for non-responders were given," scientists in England report.
"Forty of 61 (75.4%) of HM completing full follow-up were successfully vaccinated, compared with 128 of 129 (99.2%) female and 94 of 96 (97.9%) male health care workers (p
Das and associates published their study in Vaccine (Response to hepatitis B vaccination in healthy homosexual individuals: retrospective case control study. Vaccine, 2003;21(25-26):3701-3705).
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