Hepatitis A among international adoptees and their contacts

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 812-814

  Fischer, Gayle E ^a,g   Teshale, Eyasu H ^a   Miller, Claudia ^c   Schumann, Casey ^d   Winter, Kathleen ^e   Elson, Franny ^f   Horan, Katherine ^b   Reed, Christie M ^b   Armstrong, Gregory L ^f   Perz, Joseph F ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE;

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; ETHIOPIA; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VACCINES; HUMANS; PANAMA; PHILIPPINES; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51549097330     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591199     Document Type: Article

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