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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.
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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
Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 17(4):734-737.
Pubmed ID:
21470474
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC3377408
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:7a80963519e17373052ac4261cffc0e72c536ca87bb2e008cafa0914a9230482
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24313/cdc_24313_DS1.pdf
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