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Bloodborne Viral Hepatitis Infections among Drug Users: The Role of Vaccination

Drug use is a prevalent world-wide phenomenon and hepatitis virus infections are traditionally a major health problem among drug users (DUs). HBV and HCV, and to a lesser extent HAV, are easily transmitted through exposure to infected blood and body fluids. Viral hepatitis is not inevitable for DUs....

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Autores principales: Lugoboni, Fabio, Quaglio, Gianluca, Civitelli, Paolo, Mezzelani, Paolo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19440291
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6010400
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author Lugoboni, Fabio
Quaglio, Gianluca
Civitelli, Paolo
Mezzelani, Paolo
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description Drug use is a prevalent world-wide phenomenon and hepatitis virus infections are traditionally a major health problem among drug users (DUs). HBV and HCV, and to a lesser extent HAV, are easily transmitted through exposure to infected blood and body fluids. Viral hepatitis is not inevitable for DUs. Licensed vaccines are available for hepatitis A and hepatitis B. The purpose of this overview is to show some epidemiological data about HBV and the other blood-borne viral hepatitis among DUs and to summarize and discuss use of hepatitis vaccinations in this population. Successful vaccination campaigns among DUs are feasible and well described. We try to focus on the most significant results achieved in successful vaccination programs as reported in scientific literature. Vaccination campaigns among DUs represent a highly effective form of health education and they are cost-saving.
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spelling pubmed-26723212009-05-13 Bloodborne Viral Hepatitis Infections among Drug Users: The Role of Vaccination Lugoboni, Fabio Quaglio, Gianluca Civitelli, Paolo Mezzelani, Paolo Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Drug use is a prevalent world-wide phenomenon and hepatitis virus infections are traditionally a major health problem among drug users (DUs). HBV and HCV, and to a lesser extent HAV, are easily transmitted through exposure to infected blood and body fluids. Viral hepatitis is not inevitable for DUs. Licensed vaccines are available for hepatitis A and hepatitis B. The purpose of this overview is to show some epidemiological data about HBV and the other blood-borne viral hepatitis among DUs and to summarize and discuss use of hepatitis vaccinations in this population. Successful vaccination campaigns among DUs are feasible and well described. We try to focus on the most significant results achieved in successful vaccination programs as reported in scientific literature. Vaccination campaigns among DUs represent a highly effective form of health education and they are cost-saving. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009-01 2009-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC2672321/ /pubmed/19440291 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6010400 Text en © 2009 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland.
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Quaglio, Gianluca
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Mezzelani, Paolo
Bloodborne Viral Hepatitis Infections among Drug Users: The Role of Vaccination
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title_fullStr Bloodborne Viral Hepatitis Infections among Drug Users: The Role of Vaccination
title_full_unstemmed Bloodborne Viral Hepatitis Infections among Drug Users: The Role of Vaccination
title_short Bloodborne Viral Hepatitis Infections among Drug Users: The Role of Vaccination
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672321/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6010400
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