An outbreak of hepatitis A affecting a nursery school and a primary school

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 336-343

  McFarland, N ^a   Dryden, M ^b   Ramsay, M ^a   Tedder, R S ^a   Ngui, S L ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatitis A; outbreaks

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; VIRUS RNA;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NEWBORN SCREENING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NURSERY SCHOOL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA SEQUENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; SCHOOL; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VACCINES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; RNA, VIRAL; SCHOOLS; SCHOOLS, NURSERY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VACCINATION;

EID: 79952456128     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810001433     Document Type: Article

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