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Fulminant hepatitis A in Indigenous children in north Queensland
Author(s) -
Hanna Jeffrey N,
Warnock Tim H,
Shepherd Ross W,
Selvey Linda A
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb123872.x
Subject(s) - fulminant hepatitis , indigenous , fulminant , medicine , liver transplantation , vaccination schedule , vaccination , hepatitis , hepatitis b , pediatrics , hepatitis a vaccine , immunology , hepatitis a , transplantation , virology , antibody , biology , surgery , immunization , ecology
Since 1993, three Indigenous children in north Queensland have died of fulminant hepatitis A. Even if the children had been able to undergo liver transplantation, prolonged immunosuppressant therapy and the likelihood of opportunistic infections would inevitably have jeopardised any chance of long‐term survival. As hepatitis A has become a leading infectious cause of death in young Indigenous children in north Queensland, hepatitis A vaccine has recently been introduced into the vaccination schedule for these children. (MJA 2000; 172: 19‐21)