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General recommendations for the use of hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine in the United States have been formulated by the Public Health Service’s Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (the ACIP) (1). The recommendations are based on information about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine and on epidemiologic data. The purpose of our presentation is to review the epidemiologic background of hepatitis, describe the existing ACIP recommendations and the issues they have raised, and assess the likely impact of the current approach in achieving control of HBV-related disease.
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Bernier, R.H., Kane, M.A., Nathanson, N., Francis, D.P. (1984). Priorities for the Use of Hepatitis B Vaccine. In: Millman, I., Eisenstein, T.K., Blumberg, B.S. (eds) Hepatitis B. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0369-3_14
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