Herd Immunity Likely Protected the Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Recent Hepatitis A Outbreak in San Diego, California

Davey M. Smith,Christina Huynh,Adam J Moore,Andrew Frick,Christy M. Anderson,Magali Porrachia,Brianna Scott,Sarah Stous,Robert T. Schooley,Susan J. Little,AsherLev T Santos

Herd Immunity Likely Protected the Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Recent Hepatitis A Outbreak in San Diego, California

2019

Davey M. Smith
Christina Huynh
Adam J Moore
Andrew Frick
Christy M. Anderson
Magali Porrachia
Brianna Scott
Sarah Stous
Robert T. Schooley
Susan J. Little
AsherLev T Santos

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.

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Immunology
Outbreak
Herd immunity
Men who have sex with men
Hepatitis A
Medicine
Virology
hepatitis a virus
Seroprevalence
Demography
human immunodeficiency virus
Vaccination

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