Herd Immunity Likely Protected the Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Recent Hepatitis A Outbreak in San Diego, California.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1093/cid/ciy592 and PMC identifier 7182127.
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Abstract
A high seroprevalence of hepatitis A virus (81%) among human immunodeficiency virus-negative high-risk men who have sex with men is likely why this community was largely spared from a recent hepatitis A virus outbreak in San Diego, California.
Medical subject headings
- Community-Acquired Infections
- Disease Outbreaks
- Disease Transmission, Infectious
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis A Antibodies
- Homosexuality, Male
- Immunity, Herd