Mistake in report: hepatitis B vaccination for drug misusers is recommended

Hepatitis B vaccination and injecting drug users.

This study seeks to test the feasibility of vaccinating injecting drug users for hepatitis B in primary care and to identify predictors of poor immune response. Two hundred and seventy-five injecting drug users were identified from the case notes of a large general practice in an area of high multiple deprivation in northwest Edinburgh and, where appropriate, offered hepatitis B vaccination fol...

Hepatitis B Virus Vaccination in Hemodialysis Patients: A Necessity for Individualizing of Immunization?

hepatitis b vaccination

one of the most serious kinds of hepatitis is hepatitis b. this condition is more common than aids, and is 100 time more contagious. in iran the most common cause of acute and chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and also hepatocellar carcinoma in adults, is hepatitis b. more than two billion people are infected and more than 350 million of individuals are carriers of this virus in the entire wo...

Hepatitis B vaccination in preterm infants

Aim—To investigate the immunogenicity and safety of existing recommendations for hepatitis B vaccination in preterm infants. Methods—Recombinant hepatitis B vaccine (H-B-VAX II, 5 μg per dose) was given to 85 preterm infants divided into two groups, using two diVerent schedules. Forty four group A infants with birthweights of < 2000 g received three doses at 1, 2, and 7 months of age. Forty one...

Hepatitis B vaccination in preterm infants.

AIM To investigate the immunogenicity and safety of existing recommendations for hepatitis B vaccination in preterm infants. METHODS Recombinant hepatitis B vaccine (H-B-VAX II, 5 micrograms per dose) was given to 85 preterm infants divided into two groups, using two different schedules. Forty four group A infants with birthweights of < 2000 g received three doses at 1, 2, and 7 months of age...