Hepatitis B vaccination targeted at behavioural risk groups in the Netherlands: Does it work?

R van Houdt; FDH Koedijk; SM Bruisten; ELMO de Coul; MLA Heijnen; Q Waldhober; Irene Veldhuijzen; Jan hendrik Richardus; M (Martin) Schutten; Gerard Doornum; Rob de Man; SJ Hahne; RA Coutinho; HJ Boot

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.03.072

Hepatitis B vaccination targeted at behavioural risk groups in the Netherlands: Does it work?

R van Houdt, FDH Koedijk, SM Bruisten, ELMO de Coul, MLA Heijnen, Q Waldhober, Irene Veldhuijzen, Jan hendrik Richardus, M (Martin) Schutten, Gerard Doornum, Rob de Man, SJ Hahne, RA Coutinho, HJ Boot

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Abstract

In November 2002, the Netherlands adopted a vaccination program targeted at behavioural risk groups. Between January 2003 and December 2007, 1386 patients acutely infected with HBV were reported. Reported cases declined from 326 in 2003 to 220 in 2007. Sexual intercourse was the most frequently reported mode of transmission (65%), especially among men having sex with men. Genotypes A and D remained predominant. In total, 40,600 participants were fully vaccinated, the overall compliance was 62%, and the estimated overall program coverage was 12% of the at-risk population. With more effort, more susceptibles may be reached, but the program will not be sufficient to substantially reduce HBV in the Netherlands. Therefore, universal vaccination should be considered. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	3530-3535
Number of pages	6
Journal	Vaccine
Volume	27
Issue number	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.03.072
Publication status	Published - 2009

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van Houdt, R., Koedijk, FDH., Bruisten, SM., de Coul, ELMO., Heijnen, MLA., Waldhober, Q., Veldhuijzen, I., Richardus, J. H., Schutten, M., Doornum, G., de Man, R., Hahne, SJ., Coutinho, RA., & Boot, HJ. (2009). Hepatitis B vaccination targeted at behavioural risk groups in the Netherlands: Does it work? Vaccine, 27(27), 3530-3535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.03.072

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