An outbreak of hepatitis A among primary and secondary contacts of an international adoptee

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 642-646

  Pelletier, Andrew R ^a,b   Mehta, Puja J ^b,c   Burgess, Donald R ^d   Bondeson, Lisa M ^b,c   Carson, Patty J ^b,c   Rea, Vicki E ^b,c   Sharapov, Umid M ^a   Hu, Dale J ^a  

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

^b Maine Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^d Southern Maine Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; HEPATITIS A; HIGH SCHOOL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DAY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAINE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOLS; TRAVEL;

EID: 77957951781     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500505     Document Type: Article

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