Hepatitis A Author: Catherine M. Dentinger, FNP, MS; Brian J. McMahon, MD, MACP
Editorial changes - 2009-11-04
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What's New
New Information
2009-01-09Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule—United States, 2009

Newly Cited References
2009-09-18Updated recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for use of hepatitis A vaccine in close contacts of newly arriving international adoptees.
2009-07-16Safety and immunogenicity of concomitant vaccination with the cell-culture based Japanese encephalitis vaccine IC51 and the hepatitis A vaccine HAVRIX1440 in healthy subjects: a single-blind, randomized, controlled phase 3 study.
2008-12-15Persistence of antibody to hepatitis A virus 10 years after vaccination among children and adults.
2008-11-01Immunological efficacy of a three-dose schedule of hepatitis A vaccine in HIV-infected adults: HEPAVAC study.
2008-05-01Declining hepatitis A mortality in the United States during the era of hepatitis A vaccination.
2008-03-25Long-term antibody persistence induced by a combined hepatitis A and B vaccine in children and adolescents.
2007-11-14Historical comparisons of morbidity and mortality for vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States.
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Brian J. McMahon, MD, MACP has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Catherine M. Dentinger, FNP, MS has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.
Steven E. Weinberger, MD, FACP, Acting Editor, PIER, has stock holdings in Glaxosmithkline and Abbott.

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