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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1704.101169
Personal Author:
Pérez-Sautu, Unai ; Costafreda, M. Isabel ; Caylà, Joan ; Tortajada, Cecilia ; Lite, Josep ; ... More +
Pérez-Sautu, Unai ; Costafreda, M. Isabel ; Caylà, Joan ; Tortajada, Cecilia ; Lite, Josep ; Bosch, Albert ; Pintó, Rosa M. ; Less -
Description:
Six hepatitis A virus antigenic variants that likely escaped the protective effect of available vaccines were isolated, mostly from men who have sex with men. The need to complete the proper vaccination schedules is critical, particularly in the immunocompromised population, to prevent the emergence of vaccine-escaping variants.
Subject:
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Amino Acid Substitution
Antigenic Variation
Capsid Structural Constraints
Codon Usage
Dispatch
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A Vaccines
Hepatitis A Virus
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Male
Molecular Epidemiology
Mutation
Phylogeny
Quasispecies
Rare Codon
Vaccination
Vaccine Escape Mutants
Vaccine Escape Variants
Viral Structural Proteins
Viruses
Dispatch
Hepatitis A Virus

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 17(4):734-737.
Pubmed ID:
21470474
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC3377408
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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