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| E E MastSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Strategies to prevent and control hepatitis B and C virus infections: a global perspectiveE E Mast
Hepatitis Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30306, USA
Vaccine 17:1730-3. 1999..g. blood transfusion, unsafe injection practices) and high-risk practices (e.g. injecting drug use)...
The economics of vaccinating restaurant workers against hepatitis AM I Meltzer
Office of the Director, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Vaccine 19:2138-45. 2001..positive NPV) if done only during epidemics and if it cost < $20/employee. Vaccinating restaurant employees is unlikely to be economical from either the restaurant owner or the societal perspective, even during hepatitis A epidemics...
Preventing transmission of hepatitis B virus from people with chronic infectionM S Weinberg
Health and Human Services Agency, San Diego, California, USA
Am J Prev Med 20:272-6. 2001..The Public Health Service recommends prevention counseling for HBV-infected people and vaccination of their household contacts and sexual partners...
Hepatitis E virus antibody prevalence among persons who work with swineJ Drobeniuc
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 184:1594-7. 2001..The increased prevalence of HEV infection among persons with occupational exposure to swine suggests animal-to-human transmission of this infection...
Childhood hepatitis B virus infections in the United States before hepatitis B immunizationG L Armstrong
Hepatitis Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pediatrics 108:1123-8. 2001..To estimate the number of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections among US children younger than 10 years before implementation of routine childhood hepatitis B immunization...
Hepatitis B vaccination coverage among United States childrenH Yusuf
Health Services Research and Evaluation Branch, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 20:S30-3. 2001..The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians published similar recommendations soon afterward...
