Update: Widespread Outbreaks of Hepatitis A Among People Who Use Drugs and People Experiencing Homelessness Across the United States [March 25, 2019, 13:30 ET (1:30 PM ET)]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Description:
  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).
  
  
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• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Hepatitis A Ill-Housed Persons Substance-Related Disorders Substance Abuse, Intravenous
• Keywords:
  HAN Health Alert Network
• Source:
  HAN ; 418
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Subseries:
  CDC Health Update
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Alert
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Pages in Document:
  4 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  00418
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
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