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    Hepatitis B
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hepatitis b

Hepatitis B is a serious disease caused by a virus that attacks the liver. The virus, which is called hepatitis B virus (HBV), can cause lifelong infection, cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver, liver cancer, liver failure, and death

 
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POLICIESmore...
  Individual Medical Readiness (IMR) PDF  03 Jan 06
 Author: Chu
 DoD Instruction 6025.19
  Standards for Immunization Delivery at Basic Combat Training (BCT) Posts PDF  18 Nov 05
 Author: Kiley
  Hepatitis B Immunization and Screening Policy for Air Force Medical and Dental Personnel PDF  11 Sep 03
 SG Policy Letter #03-004

CLINICALmore...
  New reformulated Energix-B available to order form GlaxoSmithKline PDF  01 Apr 07
 New NDC for GSK Hepatitis B Vaccine (Recombinant) in Prefilled Tip-Lok® Syringe
  Erratum: A Comprehensive Immunization Strategy to Eliminate Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States
 Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), Part II: Immunization of Adults
  Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage Among Adults --- United States, 2004
 MMWR

ACIP GUIDELINESmore...
  Recommendations for Postexposure Interventions to Prevent Infection with Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Tetanus in Persons Wounded During Bombings and Other Mass-Casualty Events — United States, 2008
 Recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  A Comprehensive Immunization Strategy to Eliminate Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States
 Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Part II: Immunization of Adults
  Erratum: A Comprehensive Immunization Strategy to Eliminate Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States
 Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), Part II: Immunization of Adults

DHB RECOMMENDATIONSmore...
  Off-Label Vaccine Use and Vaccination of Military Recruits During Summer Months
 Recommendations of the Defense Health Board (DHB)
  Reduced Dose Hepatitis B Vaccines in Military Recruits
 Recommendations of the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board (AFEB)

SERVICE MESSAGESmore...
  CNO PDF  16 Aug 02
 IMPLEMENTATION OF HEPATITIS B IMMUNIZATION FOR NEW ACCESSIONS
  ALARACT PDF  04 Oct 94
 HEPATITIS B VACCINATION
  ALARACT PDF  05 Dec 91
 REVISED HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV) IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM FOR THE AMEDD AND FOR SOLDIERS POSING IN KOREA

MMQC MESSAGESmore...
  MMQC-08-1033
 MERCK / PEDVAXHIB (MENINGOCOCCAL PROTEIN CONJUGATE) AND COMVAX (MENINGOCOCCAL PROTEIN CONJUGATE) AND HEPATITIS B (RECOMBINANT) VACCINE / ADDITIONAL INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS
  MMQC-07-1162
 GLAXOSMITHKLINE / IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE NATIONAL DRUG CODE (NDC) CHANGE FOR ENGERIX-B [HEPATITIS B VACCINE (RECOMBINANT)] PREFILLED TIP-LOK SYRINGES / GLAXOSMITHKLINE LETTER
  MMQC-07-1086
 MERCK & CO INC / VARIOUS VACCINES (RECOMBIVAX HB, COMVAX, VAQTA, & PEDVAXHIB) / VOLUNTARY RECALL / DSCP 07-052

VACCINE INFOmore...
  New reformulated Energix-B available to order form GlaxoSmithKline PDF  01 Apr 07
 New NDC for GSK Hepatitis B Vaccine (Recombinant) in Prefilled Tip-Lok® Syringe

QUESTIONS & ANSWERSmore...
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LIBRARYmore...
Disease: Hepatitis B
Author(s): Wistrom J, Ahlm C, Lundberg S, Settergren B, Tarnvik A
Title: Booster vaccination with recombinant hepatitis B vaccine four years after priming with one single dose
Publication: Vaccine 17 (1999) 2162-2165
Date: 1999
Subject: Vaccine-Effectiveness
Link:
File: Winstrom 1999 Vaccine p. 2162.pdf
 
 
Disease: Hepatitis B
Author(s): Marsano LS, West DJ, Chant I, Hesley TM, Cox J, Hackworth V, Greenberg RN
Title: A two-dose hepatitis B vaccine regimen: proof of priming and memory responses in young adults
Publication: Vaccine. Vol. 16. No. 6, pp. 624-629
Date: 1998
Subject: Vaccine-Effectiveness
Link:
File: Marsano 1998 Vaccine p. 624.pdf
 
 
Disease: Hepatitis B
Author(s): Hadler S, de Monzon MA, Lugo DR, Perez M
Title: Effects of timing of hepatitis B doses on response to vaccine in Yucpa Indians
Publication: Vaccine, vol. 7
Date: 1989
Subject: Vaccine-Safety
Link:
File: Hadler 1989 Vaccine p. 106.pdf
 
 


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