Outbreak of hepatitis A among men who have sex with men: Implications for hepatitis A vaccination strategies

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1235-1240

  Cotter, Suzanne M ^a,e   Sansom, Stephanie ^b,f   Long, Teresa ^c   Koch, Elizabeth ^d   Kellerman, Scott ^a,f   Smith, Forrest ^d   Averhoff, Francisco ^b,g   Bell, Beth P ^a,h  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^c Health Promotion in the Columbus Health Department   (United States)

^d OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Mid Western Health Board ^*  (Ireland)

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

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VACCINES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; OHIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0345700730     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374057     Document Type: Article

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