Details:

Personal Author:
Bell, Beth P. ; Margolis, Harold S. ; Shapiro, Craig N.
Bell, Beth P. ; Margolis, Harold S. ; Shapiro, Craig N. Less -
Corporate Authors:
United States. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral and Rckettsial Diseases.
United States. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral and Rckettsial Diseases. Less -
Description:
This report provides recommendations for use of the newly licensed hepatitis A vaccines (HAVRIX, manufactured by SmithKline Beecham Biologicals, and VAQTA, manufactured by Merck & Company, Inc.) in persons > or = 2 years of age and updates previous recommendations for use of immune globulin (IG) for protection against hepatitis A (superseding MMWR 1990;39[No. RR-2]:1-5). For preexposure protection, hepatitis A vaccine can now be used instead of IG in many circumstances; for postexposure prophylaxis, the recommendations for IG use are unchanged.
Content Notes:
December 27, 1996.

The following CDC staff members prepared this report:Craig N. Shapiro, Beth P. Bell, Harold S. Margolis, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases,National Center for Infectious Diseases.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-30).

Man-HueiChang/Dholtzman

2/21/2014


Subject:
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Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A Vaccines
Vaccination

Source:
MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports / Centers for Disease Control. 1996; 45(RR-15):1-30.
Series:
MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports ; v. 45, no. RR-15
Pubmed ID:
9005304
Document Type:
Journal Issue
Genre:
Practice Guideline
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:962045edb609b4911d3302dfed50dfbd41649eb9d2d1d4be142814c417ad884f
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