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Hepatitis B virus immunization among young injection drug users in San Francisco, Calif: the UFO study (2003)
(Immunisation contre le virus de l'hépatite B chez de jeunes usagers de drogue par voie intraveineuse à San Francisco, Californie : l'étude UFO)
Auteur(s) :
P. J. LUM ;
K. C. OCHOA ;
J. A. HAHN ;
SHAFER K. P. ;
J. L. EVANS ;
A. R. MOSS
Article en page(s) :
919-923
Refs biblio. :
42
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus mots-clés
HEPATITE
;
INJECTION
;
JEUNE
;
ENQUETE
;
REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES
;
USAGER
;
VOIE INTRAVEINEUSE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
American Journal of Public Health, 2003, 93, (6), 919-923
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is common (44%-80%) in injection drug users (IDUs), and younger IDUs are at high risk. Although a safe and effective vaccine is available, high vaccine completion rates in IDUs (70%-86%) have been achieved primarily in drug treatment settings. Among street-recruited young injectors in San Francisco, Calif, only 13% had serological evidence of prior immunization, and 28% had been infected with HBV. We combined cash incentives and street outreach with flexible immunization schedules to improve HBV vaccine completion in young injectors in San Francisco. We examined factors associated with vaccine completion and observed postvaccination antibody responses in completers. (Extract of the publication)
ENGLISH :
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is common (44%-80%) in injection drug users (IDUs), and younger IDUs are at high risk. Although a safe and effective vaccine is available, high vaccine completion rates in IDUs (70%-86%) have been achieved primarily in drug treatment settings. Among street-recruited young injectors in San Francisco, Calif, only 13% had serological evidence of prior immunization, and 28% had been infected with HBV. We combined cash incentives and street outreach with flexible immunization schedules to improve HBV vaccine completion in young injectors in San Francisco. We examined factors associated with vaccine completion and observed postvaccination antibody responses in completers. (Extract of the publication)
Affiliation :
Box 0874, Univ. of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0874
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.