Patient Awareness of Need for Hepatitis A Vaccination (Prophylaxis) Before International Travel | Zendy

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Patient Awareness of Need for Hepatitis A Vaccination (Prophylaxis) Before International Travel

Author(s) -

Stephen J. Liu,

Umid Sharapov,

Monina Klevens

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.1111/jtm.12186

Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , hepatitis a , incidence (geometry) , odds ratio , travel medicine , confidence interval , hepatitis a vaccine , hepatitis a virus , demography , hepatitis , environmental health , immunology , virus , pathology , physics , sociology , optics

Although hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is preventable through vaccination, cases associated with international travel continue to occur. The purpose of this study was to examine the frequency of international travel and countries visited among persons infected with HAV and assess reasons why travelers had not received hepatitis A vaccine before traveling.

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