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Immunization for Hepatitis B Infection: Interest, Information, and Initiative?

Caroline Breese Hall MD1
 1 University of Rochester, Medical Center

Concerns and confusion have risen over the recent recommendations for universal immunization to prevent infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)1 and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).2 Both of these recommendations, collaboratively developed, recommend universal immunization of infants against HBV as well as the continued previous strategies of screening all pregnant women for HBsAg positivity and immunizing all high-risk groups. The AAP further recommends that all adolescents be immunized in recognition of the increased risk and rate of acquiring HBV in this age group.






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