TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatitis A virus vaccine escape variants and potential new serotype emergence
AU - Pérez-Sautu, Unai
AU - Costafreda, M. Isabel
AU - Caylà, Joan
AU - Tortajada, Cecilia
AU - Lite, Josep
AU - Bosch, Albert
AU - Pintó, Rosa M.
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - Six hepatitis A virus antigenic variants that likely escaped the protective effect of available vaccines were isolated, mostly from men who have sex with men. The need to complete the proper vaccination schedules is critical, particularly in the immunocompromised population, to prevent the emergence of vaccine-escaping variants.
AB - Six hepatitis A virus antigenic variants that likely escaped the protective effect of available vaccines were isolated, mostly from men who have sex with men. The need to complete the proper vaccination schedules is critical, particularly in the immunocompromised population, to prevent the emergence of vaccine-escaping variants.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid1704.101169
DO - 10.3201/eid1704.101169
M3 - Article
C2 - 21470474
AN - SCOPUS:79953715146
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 17
SP - 734
EP - 737
JO - Emerging infectious diseases
JF - Emerging infectious diseases
IS - 4
ER -