Immunization (HAV)

Children In Areas With High HAV Rates Should Receive Hepatitis A Vaccine

Published in Vaccine Weekly, July 21st, 1997

In 1995, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended routine vaccination of young children and catch-up vaccination of older children living in communities with high rates of hepatitis A.

Hepatitis A vaccine was made available through the Vaccines for Children Program for this purpose.

The Centers for Disease Control reported two examples - several Northern Plains Indian reservations and in a Jewish community in New York - of hepatitis A vaccination programs that are currently being implemented in communities with high rates of hepatitis A (MMWR synopsis. July 4, 1997 vol. 46 /no. 26).

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (1997-07-21)

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