Risk for British travellers of acquiring hepatitis A
- 15 July 1995
- Vol. 311 (6998) , 193
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.311.6998.193a
Abstract
EDITOR,--The risk of non-immune British people acquiring hepatitis A during visits to endemic areas has been calculated as 0.047% per visit.1 Current British guidelines on immunisation against hepatitis A are specific to regions—for example, protection is not considered to be necessary for travellers to Spain, Portugal, or Italy, but tourists visiting all but first class accommodation in Turkey should be protected.2 Cases of hepatitis A are routinely reported to the Public Health Laboratory Service's Communicable Diseases Surveillance Centre by laboratories in England and Wales. Information …This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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