Hepatitis A virus infections in the United States: Model-based estimates and implications for childhood immunization

Pediatrics

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 839-845

  Armstrong, Gregory L ^a,b   Bell, Beth P ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A; Incidence; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A VACCINES; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; JAUNDICE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036251655     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.109.5.839     Document Type: Article

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