Update : Widespread outbreaks of hepatitis A among people who use drugs and people experiencing homelessness across the United States

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network
  
  March 25, 2019, 13:30 ET (1:30 PM ET)
  
  CDCHAN-00418
  
  Multiple states across the country have reported outbreaks of hepatitis A, primarily among people who use drugs and people experiencing homelessness. Since the hepatitis A outbreaks were first identified in 2016, more than 15,000 cases, 8,500 (57%) hospitalizations, and 140 deaths as a result of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection have been reported. This Health Alert Network (HAN) update recommends that public health departments, healthcare facilities, and partners and programs providing services to affected populations vaccinate at-risk groups against hepatitis A, applying the updated recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
  
  This is an update to the Health Alert Network (HAN) advisory released on June 11, 2018 titled Outbreak of Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) Infections among Persons Who Use Drugs and Persons Experiencing Homelessness (https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00412.asp).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Hepatitis A Ill-Housed Persons Substance-Related Disorders Substance Abuse, Intravenous
• Source:
  HAN ; 418
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Document Type:
  HAN Health Update
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  4 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  418
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
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