Effectiveness of hepatitis A vaccination as post-exposure prophylaxis

Effectiveness of hepatitis A vaccination as post-exposure prophylaxis

Hepatitis A (HA) has been a vaccine-preventable disease since 1995. In Catalonia, a universal combined hepatitis A+B vaccination program of preadolescents was initiated at the end of 1998. However, outbreaks are reported each year and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with hepatitis A virus (HAV) vacc...

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Main Authors: Ignasi Parrón, Caritat Planas, Pere Godoy, Sandra Manzanares-Laya, Ana Martínez, Maria Rosa Sala, Sofia Minguell, Nuria Torner, Mireia Jané, Angela Domínguez, the Working Group for the Study of Hepatitis A in Catalonia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-02-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Subjects:
effectiveness
hepatitis a
immune globulin
outbreak
post-exposure prophylaxis
vaccine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2017.1264798

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