Acute hepatitis A in a young returning traveler from Kenya despite immunization before departure.


Autoria(s): Senn N.; Genton B.
Data(s)

2009

Resumo

Aluminum-adsorbed hepatitis A vaccines are known to be highly efficient. We present here the case of a patient who was immunized against hepatitis A before leaving for Kenya and who contracted an acute symptomatic hepatitis A during travel.

Identificador

https://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_AAE0D04FC319

isbn:1708-8305[electronic], 1195-1982[linking]

pmid:19192136

doi:10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00276.x

isiid:000262478300017

Idioma(s)

en

Fonte

Journal of Travel Medicine, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 72-73

Palavras-Chave #Adult; Diagnosis, Differential; Hepatitis A/diagnosis; Hepatitis A/prevention & control; Hepatitis A Antibodies/blood; Hepatitis A Vaccines/administration & dosage; Hepatitis A Vaccines/immunology; Humans; Kenya; Male; Time Factors; Travel
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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