Failure to vaccinate current injecting drug users against hepatitis B in England and Wales.
Lamagni, TL;
Hope, VD;
Davison, KL;
Parry, JV;
Gill, ON;
(2001)
Failure to vaccinate current injecting drug users against hepatitis B in England and Wales.
Communicable disease and public health / PHLS, 4 (1).
pp. 71-72.
ISSN 1462-1843
https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/11673
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In most industrialised countries the elimination of hepatitis B infection is highly reliant on effective vaccine delivery to injecting drug users. This paper highlights the very poor vaccine coverage achieved in England and Wales in the ten years since this problem was officially recognised and targeted. This is despite the existence of a comprehensive and well-utilised network of specialist services for injecting drug users.
