Viral Hepatitis Vaccines
Hepatitis E vaccine is safe and effective and could be used in rich and poor countries, and for tourists
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, September 6th, 2010
Data suggest that a third of the world's population is infected with the hepatitis E virus. While most cases are in developing countries, hepatitis E is no longer rare and it could also now be the most common type of acute viral hepatitis in industrialised countries. In a study published Online First in The Lancet (www.thelancet.com), the efficacy and safety of a vaccine against hepatitis E-HEV239-is examined. The Article is by Dr Ning-Shao Xia, Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Diseases, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, and colleagues.
Clinically indistinguishable from other types of acute viral hepatitis, hepatitis E tends to be...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2010-09-06)
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