Open AccessHepatitis A Virus Immunity and Seroconversion Among Contacts of Acute Hepatitis A Patients in Amsterdam, 1996–2000: An Evaluation of Current Prevention Policy
Author(s) -
Gerard J.B. Sonder,
Jim E. van Steenbergen,
Lian Bovée,
P. G. H. Peerbooms,
Roel A. Coutinho,
Anneke van den Hoek
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.94.9.1620
Subject(s) - seroconversion , medicine , hepatitis a , hepatitis a vaccine , immunology , transmission (telecommunications) , immune system , hepatitis a virus , hepatitis , serology , immunity , pediatrics , virus , antibody , virology , electrical engineering , engineering
We evaluated the hepatitis A virus (HAV) control policy (hygienic precautions and passive immunization with immune globulin) for "household contacts" (defined as all people who lived in the same house and who shared the same toilet with the patient, people who took care of an HAV-infected child, and sexual partners of the patient) of acute hepatitis A patients between 1996 and 2000.