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Self-reported hepatitis B vaccination status unreliable among drug users.
2004 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Self-reported hepatitis B virus infection and vaccination status among young drug users is unreliable.
"Self-reported hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection status and immunization status were compared with HBV serological markers among 324 young injection drug users (IDUs) and noninjection drug users (NIDUs). The overall validity of self-reported status was poor; 52% claiming to be vaccinated were actually susceptible to HBV," scientists in the United States report.
"There was no difference in validity of self-reported HBV status between IDUs and NIDUs," stated Irene Kuo and collaborators at Johns University and Harvard University. "Clinicians should adopt a 'Don't Ask, Vaccinate' vaccination policy for young drug users."
Kuo and her coauthors published their study in Clinical Infectious Diseases ...
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