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General Reports
       

           Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Adolescents’ knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors regarding hepatitis B:
Insights and implications for programs targeting vaccine-preventable
diseases.
Slonim AB, Roberto AJ, Downing CR, et al
J Adolesc Health. 2005 Mar;36(3):178-86.
 Abstract

Hepatitis A and B in children and adolescents–what can we learn from
Puglia (Italy)
and Catalonia (Spain)?
Lopalco PL, Salleras L, Barbuti S, et al.
Vaccine 2000 Oct 15;19(4-5):470-4
 Abstract

  
Prevalence
       
Middle East

     Saudi Arabia

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Prevalence of anti-hepatitis B and anti-hepatitis A antibodies among school aged children
in Western Saudi Arabia.
Jaber SM.
Saudi Med J. 2006 Oct;27(10):1515-22
Abstract

United States

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Acute hepatitis B among children and adolescents–United States,
1990-2002.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2004 Nov 5;53(43):1015-8.
 Paper

Hepatitis B and C Infections among Homeless Adolescents.
Beech BM, Myers L, Beech DJ
Fam Community Health 2002 Jul;25(2):28-36
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Screening
       

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Cost-effectiveness of preimmunization hepatitis B screening in high-risk
adolescents.
Blostein J, Clark PA.
Public Health Rep 2001 Mar-Apr;116(2):165-8
 Abstract		  
Vaccines
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Effect of a school-entry vaccination requirement on racial and ethnic disparities in
hepatitis B immunization coverage levels among public school students.
Morita JY, Ramirez E, Trick WE. 
Pediatrics. 2008 Mar;121(3):e547-52.
 Abstract
 
Positive Impact of a Shelter-based Hepatitis B Vaccine Program in Homeless
Baltimore Children and Adolescents.
Schwarz K, Garrett B, Lee J, et al
 J Urban Health. 2008 Feb 15
Abstract
 
The impact of a new universal infant and school-based adolescent hepatitis B
vaccination program in Australia.
Gidding HF, Warlow M, Macintyre CR, et al
Vaccine. 2007 Dec 12;25(51):8637-41.
Abstract
 
Acceptance of Hepatitis B Vaccination by Pregnant Adolescents.
Stringer M, Ratcliffe SJ, Gross R. 
MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2006 January/February;31(1):54-60.
 Abstract

Comparative immunogenicity and safety of two dosing schedules of a
combined hepatitis A and B vaccine in healthy adolescent volunteers:
an open, randomised study.
Burgess MA, Rodger AJ, Waite SA, Collard F.
Vaccine 2001 Sep 14;19(32):4835-41
 Abstract

Adolescent hepatitis B vaccination. A review.
Cassidy WM.
Minerva Pediatr 2001 Dec;53(6):559-66
 Abstract

 Combining hepatitis A and B vaccination in children and adolescents.
Van Damme P, Van der Wielen M.
Vaccine 2001 Mar 21;19(17-19):2407-12
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       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Prevalence of HBV antibody reponse (anti-HBs) in a cohort of HIV-infected
adolescents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who received hepatitis B vaccination
during infancy
Machado E.S., Hofer C.B.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

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