Hepatitis A Vaccine

Vaccinating toddlers against hepatitis A in one Israeli community reduced overall incidence

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, January 2nd, 2006

Results from a new study presented recently found that vaccinating all children against hepatitis A at 18 and 24 months in one Israeli community reduced overall incidence of the disease for all ages by 95%.

The study, authored by Ron Dagan, MD, director of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit at Soroka University Medical Center, Be'er Sheva, Israel, was presented at the 45th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). Experts have long believed that universal hepatitis A vaccination for children is an effective strategy to reduce disease incidence.

This study coincides with the recent unanimous decision of the Advisory...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-01-02)

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