Hepatitis A Virus Vaccination among Injecting Drug Users: Do We Have to Change the Vaccination Schedule?
Open Access
- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (3) , 847-848
- https://doi.org/10.1086/314011
Abstract
Sir—Injection drugs users (IDUs) are considered at risk for hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection [1]. The observation of fulminant hepatitis associated with HAV suKeywords
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