Recent developments in hepatitis: new virus, vaccine, and dosage recommendations.
Viral hepatitis is a complex of infections rapidly becoming better understood with the discovery of new viruses, the availability of various vaccines, and changes in dosage recommendations. Hepatitis B is reviewed as an infectious disease with serious implications for dentistry while discussing modes of transmission, frequency of infection, recent changes in hepatitis B vaccine dosage recommendations, a newly licensed recombinant vaccine and the current policies on pretesting, posttesting, booster doses, and vaccination of pregnant women. Current information is provided on recent outbreaks of both non-A non-B and delta hepatitis in the United States.
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Department of Dental Diagnostic Science, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-07919.
D003797:Dental Staff; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology; D003699:Hepatitis D / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014611:Vaccination; D014612:Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D014612:Vaccines; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines