Protecting travellers from hepatitis A
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of hepatitis A prevention in travellers.
The advent of new vaccines and the changing epidemiology of hepatitis A call for an update of the economic evaluation of costs and benefits associated with the various alternative preventative strategies. A decision-tree-based model has been developed which enables the calculation of expected costs and expected numbers of hepatitis A virus HAV infections based on different intervention strategi...
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Viral hepatitis A occurs endemically in most parts of the world, especially where there is overcrowding,' and studies on the prevalence of antibody to hepatitis A in Europe have shown higher concentrations among those who live in Mediterranean countries.2-6 It is an infection often associated with travel: in West Germany and Switzerland over 60% of acute cases have a history of recent travel ab...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0959-8138
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1194