Risk of hepatitis B for travelers: Is vaccination for all travelers really necessary?

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-22

  Sonder, Gerard J B ^a,b,c   Van Rijckevorsel, Gini G C ^a,b   Van Den Hoek, Anneke ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b LCR   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449090155     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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