Immunization

Maternal Factors Key to Compliance with Infant Hepatitis B Prevention

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, January 21st, 2001

- by Sonia Bell-Nichols, staff medical writer -- Key factors associated with maternal health care continue to play a significant role in whether or not infants receive appropriate vaccinations for hepatitis B virus, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers.

Although public policies have recommended that all infants be vaccinated against the virus that causes hepatitis B since 1988, in some instances vaccination practices have fallen short, CDC researchers reported at the 128^th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association.

John R. Copeland and a team in the National Immunization Program at CDC are...

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