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RE:Hepatitis B Vacc.
by Dr. Rahul Wadke on Sep 21, 2005 09:15 PM

Dr. Pathak,
I agree with your view completely. yes it is still small number of population which is actually affected.
I agree with your view of getting vaccine only to population at risk such as health care workers, & sex workers, & IV drug abusers.
But the problem is lack of information & understanding in rural population which does cover ~70% population.
Medical practices there donot obey sterilization techniques, putting the population at risk.
Because of the serious & costly complications I still agree with immunization for children.
The important fact about immunization that article did not talked about is, some poeple cannot develop immunity even after full immunisation.
I hope you share some of my views.
Regards
Dr. Rahul

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