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Hepatitis A Virus Vaccines
Reports outline hepatitis A virus vaccines research from Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
March 25th, 2009
New research, 'An outbreak of hepatitis A in recently vaccinated students from ice snacks made from contaminated well water,' is the subject of a report. According to a study from People's Republic of China, "On 30 May 2006, township S in Sichuan Province, China, reported an outbreak of hepatitis A (HA) in students who had recently received HA vaccine. The concern was raised that the vaccine had caused the outbreak." "We attempted to identify the source of infection and mode of transmission. A HA case was defined as onset of jaundice or anorexia since 1 April 2006 with a twofold elevation of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and anti-HA virus-IgM in a resident of or...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-03-25)
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