Effectiveness of single‐dose administration of inactivated hepatitis A virus vaccination in the Republic of Korea armed forces, 2013‐2016 | Zendy

Im Jae Hyoung | Zendy; Woo HyeongTaek | Zendy; Ha Beomman | Zendy; Jung Jaehun | Zendy

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Effectiveness of single‐dose administration of inactivated hepatitis A virus vaccination in the Republic of Korea armed forces, 2013‐2016

Author(s) -

Im Jae Hyoung,

Woo HyeongTaek,

Ha Beomman,

Jung Jaehun

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of viral hepatitis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.329

H-Index - 100

eISSN - 1365-2893

pISSN - 1352-0504

DOI - 10.1111/jvh.13249

Subject(s) - virology , administration (probate law) , vaccination , hepatitis a virus , medicine , virus , political science , law

The Republic of Korea Armed Forces has implemented the hepatitis A virus (HAV) vaccination programme with a single‐dose administration schedule in new recruits since 2013. A single‐dose administration was selected for economic feasibility. We analysed the effectiveness of the single‐dose HAV vaccination in a young and healthy population. To measure the effectiveness of the programme, we observed the incidence of HAV between the vaccinated and unvaccinated groups. A comparison between the two groups during the vaccine introduction period (2013‐2016) revealed a lower incidence rate of infection in the vaccinated group (3 cases/603 550 person‐years) than in the unvaccinated group (21 cases/1 020 450 person‐years). The effectiveness of single‐dose HAV vaccination was found to be 75.85%.

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