Effectiveness of hepatitis A vaccination as post-exposure prophylaxis

• Main Authors: Ignasi Parrón (Author), Caritat Planas (Author), Pere Godoy (Author), Sandra Manzanares-Laya (Author), Ana Martínez (Author), Maria Rosa Sala (Author), Sofia Minguell (Author), Nuria Torner (Author), Mireia Jané (Author), Angela Domínguez (Author), the Working Group for the Study of Hepatitis A in Catalonia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hepatitis A (HA) has been a vaccine-preventable disease since 1995. In Catalonia, a universal combined hepatitis A+B vaccination program of preadolescents was initiated at the end of 1998. However, outbreaks are reported each year and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with hepatitis A virus (HAV) vacc...