Hepatitis A

References

Citations

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007). Viral Hepatitis A Fact Sheet. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/a/fact.htm.

2. Bell BP, et al. (2004). Hepatitis A virus. In RD Feigin et al., eds., Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 5th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2069–2086. Philadelphia: Saunders.

3. Bell BP, et al. (2005). Hepatitis A virus. In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 6th edition, vol. 2, pp. 2162–2185. Philadelphia: Elsevier.

4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006). Prevention of hepatitis A through active or passive immunization: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR, 55 (RR-7): 1–23. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5507.pdf.

5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007). Update: Prevention of hepatitis A after exposure to hepatitis A virus and in international travelers. Updated recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR, 56(RR-41): 1080–1084. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5641a3.htm.

6. American Academy of Pediatrics (2006). Hepatitis A. In LK Pickering et al., eds., Red Book: 2006 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 27th ed., pp. 326–335. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009). Recommended immunization schedules for persons aged 0 through 18 years—United States, 2009. MMWR, 57(51 and 52): Q1–Q4. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5751.pdf. [Erratum in MMWR, 57(53): 1419. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5753a5.htm?s_cid=mm5753a5_e.]

8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009). Updated recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for use of hepatitis A vaccine in close contacts of newly arriving international adoptees. MMWR, 58(36): 1006–1007. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5836a4.htm?s_cid=mm5836a4_e.

9. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006). Hepatitis A vaccine: What you need to know. Vaccine Information Statement. Department of Health and Human Services, National Immunization Program (3/21/06). Available online: www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-hep-a.pdf.

10. Leder K, et al. (2001). Travel vaccines and elderly persons: Review of vaccines available in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 33(9): 1553–1566.

11. Victor JC, et al. (2007). Hepatitis A vaccine versus immune globulin for postexposure prophylaxis. New England Journal of Medicine, 357(17): 1685–1694.

Other Works Consulted

• Curry MP, Chopra S (2005). Acute viral hepatitis. In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1426–1441. Philadelphia: Elsevier.

• Cuthbert JA (2001). Hepatitis A: Old and new. Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 14(1): 38–58.

• Weller PF (2005). Health advice for international travelers. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, Clinical Essentials, chap. 7. New York: WebMD.

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Author:	Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS	Last Updated: September 9, 2008
Medical Review:	Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine W. Thomas London, MD - Hepatology
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