Poor Validity of Self-Reported Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Vaccination Status among Young Drug Users

Irene Kuo; Daniel W. Mudrick; Steffanie A. Strathdee; David L. Thomas; Susan G. Sherman

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Poor Validity of Self-Reported Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Vaccination Status among Young Drug Users

Irene Kuo, Daniel W. Mudrick, Steffanie A. Strathdee, David L. Thomas, Susan G. Sherman

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Abstract

Self-reported hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection status and immunization status were compared with HBV serological markers among 324 young injection drug users (IDUs) and noninjection drug users (NIDUs). The overall validity of self-reported status was poor; 52% claiming to be vaccinated were actually susceptible to HBV. There was no difference in validity of self-reported HBV status between IDUs and NIDUs. Clinicians should adopt a "Don't Ask, Vaccinate" vaccination policy for young drug users.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	587-590
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	38
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/381440
State	Published - Feb 15 2004

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