Hepatitis B transmission event in an English prison and the importance of immunization

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-196

  Viswanathan, Uma ^a   Beaumont, Amanda ^a   O'Moore, Éamonn ^b   Ramsay, Mary ^c   Tedder, Richard ^c   Ijaz, Samreen ^c   Balogun, Koye ^c   Kirwan, Patrick ^c  

^a NHS Walsall   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communicable diseases; epidemiology; prisons

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PRISON; TATTOOING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CONTACT TRACING; ENGLAND; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; PRISONS; RISK-TAKING; TATTOOING;

EID: 79957855664     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq083     Document Type: Article

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