hepatitis A vaccination

A vaccination for those in high-risk settings–frequent world travel, sexually active with multiple partners, gay guys, illicit drug use, day care centers, certain health care setting, sewage exposure Vaccines HAVRIX, VAQTA Dosing 2 doses are recommended for adults, 3 for children < age 18 for prolonged protection. See Hepatitis A.

Patient discussion about hepatitis A vaccination

Q. Is there a vaccination against hepatitis? I want to volunteer in a charity organization abroad soon, and I heard that currently there’s and outbreak of hepatitis in the town I intend to go to. Is there anything I can do to prevent me from getting hepatitis? Is there a way to get a vaccination against it?

A. before you would like to go on with any vaccination, you should check out this very long list of links:

http://www.aegis.ch/neu/links.html

at the bottom you will also find links in english. vaccinations in general are very disputable/dubious and it is probably time that we learn about it.

Q. can the hepatitis b vaccination cause a soar throat?

A. yes it can be very probable!

before you would like to go on with any vaccination, you should check out this very long list of links:

http://www.aegis.ch/neu/links.html

at the bottom you will also find links in english. vaccinations in general are very disputable/dubious and it is probably time that we learn about it.

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References in periodicals archive ?

Hepatitis A vaccination is not routinely offered on the NHS as the infection is rare in the UK, with only 13 reported cases in Wales in 2012.

Three children ill with hepatitis A

ATLANTA -- Hepatitis A vaccination should be given to all previously unvaccinated nontraveling individuals who will be in close personal contact with an internationally adopted child, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted at its winter meeting.

Hep a vaccine advised for adoptee contacts

Effectiveness of a mass hepatitis A vaccination program in preadolescents.

Control of hepatitis A by universal vaccination of adolescents, Puglia, Italy

Current recommendations of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for hepatitis B and hepatitis A vaccination in adults are based on a daunting list of risk groups, many of which overlap.

Recommendations from a national conference on universal vaccination against hepatitis B and hepatitis A in adults

Experts have long believed that universal hepatitis A vaccination for children is an effective strategy to reduce disease incidence.

New Israeli Study Finds Vaccinating All Toddlers Against Hepatitis A Significantly Reduces Disease Population Disparity

The hepatitis A vaccination is given by injection and people usually only suffer soreness or redness around the injection area.

HEALTH OUR expert Dr JOANNA LONGSTAFFE; Clinical director of the Independent General Practice answers your medical queries

The decrease in new infections is related directly to recent expansions in the recommendations for routine hepatitis A vaccination in young children and to ongoing hepatitis B vaccination strategies, according to Dr.

Hepatitis A and B incidence hits all-time low

26 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Partnership for Immunization supports the unanimous decision of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to recommend universal hepatitis A vaccination for all children in a single age cohort between 12 to 35 months, with catch-up vaccination through the pre-school years.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Unanimously Recommends Universal Hepatitis A Vaccination for Children

Currently, hepatitis A vaccination is recommended for those with occupational risks, such as health care and day-care workers, travelers to endemic regions, children in high-rate communities, persons with chronic liver disease, those with high-risk behaviors, and transplant recipients or others who are immune depressed.

Hepatitis a vaccination urged for children older than 2 years

If you take a closer look at the 17 states where routine hepatitis A vaccination should be implemented or considered, you'll see what an impact the vaccination has had on lowering the number of cases of the disease.

One-Year Anniversary of One of the Largest Hepatitis A Outbreaks in U.S. History Brings Experts Together to Raise Disease Awareness; Former Surgeon General, Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Speaks Out to Protect Children and Communities from the Potentially Deadly Liver Disease

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that states with hepatitis A incidence rates that are at least two times greater than the national average implement routine hepatitis A vaccination programs for children.

Survey Reveals Significant Lack Of Awareness of a Highly Contagious Liver Disease; Parents Misunderstand Hepatitis A

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC), Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), recommends routine hepatitis A vaccination for children in states like Nevada with a rate of hepatitis A that is twice the national average (10 cases per 100,000 population, 1987-1997).

Hepatitis A and B Vaccination Now Required for Nevada School-Age Children; Nevada State Health Division Takes Action to Protect Children From Two Highly Infectious and Potentially Fatal Liver Diseases