Hepatitis B vaccine.
J Pediatr Health Care
; 13(5): 211-6, 1999.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10776195
ABSTRACT
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a health problem that affects numerous infants and children in the United States. Approximately 4000 to 6000 new infections occur each year in children and adolescents; most often they become infected without obvious clinical manifestations. Some persons become chronically infected, and this asymptomatic chronically infected population serves as a reservoir for HBV. Immunization of all newborn infants and adolescents for HBV is a vital step toward eradicating HBV from the general population. Pediatric nurse practitioners are in a strategic position to provide education and the carry out immunization efforts that will dramatically decrease the morbidity associated with HBV.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vacinação
/
Vacinas contra Hepatite B
/
Hepatite B
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article