| hepatitis b vaccination for injection drug users--pierce county, washington, 2000. | hepatitis b vaccination has been recommended for injection drug users (idus) since 1982, but vaccination coverage of idus remains low (1), and outbreaks of hepatitis b among idus continue to occur. an outbreak of hepatitis b primarily among idus in pierce county, washington, detected in april 2000, included 60 cases and resulted in three deaths among idus co-infected with hepatitis delta virus. a program to administer hepatitis b vaccine to idus was implemented to control the outbreak, and the n ... | 2001 | 11465908 |