| Literature DB >> 9833270 |
H Zimmermann1, B Vaudaux, R Kammerlander.
Abstract
The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health and the Advisory Board on Immunisation recommended that all adolescents aged 11 to 15 should be vaccinated against hepatitis B in December 1997. The introduction of universal immunisation is justified for epidemiological and economical reasons. Universal immunisation in no way excludes the immunisation of all persons exposed to a specific risk and the prenatal screening and immunisation of exposed newborns. Hepatitis B vaccines are safe and highly effective. The main reasons for this recommendation are summarised in the article.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9833270 DOI: 10.1007/BF02042179
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Soz Praventivmed ISSN: 0303-8408