Changes in seroprevalence of hepatitis A after the implementation of universal childhood vaccination in Shandong Province, China: A comparison between 2006 and 2014
Author(s) -
Bingyu Yan,
Jingjing Lv,
Jiaye Liu,
Yi Feng,
Wenlong Wu,
Aiqiang Xu,
Li Zhang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.03.005
Subject(s) - seroprevalence , medicine , hepatitis a , confidence interval , hepatitis a virus , hepatitis a vaccine , vaccination , immunization , population , pediatrics , demography , environmental health , hepatitis , antibody , immunology , serology , virus , sociology
The hepatitis A vaccine (HepA) has been included in the national expanded program on immunization (EPI) in China since 2008. This study was performed to evaluate the change in dynamics of the seroepidemiology of hepatitis A virus (HAV) before and after the introduction of the program.
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