Recent Incarceration Among Individuals Infected With Hepatitis A Virus During Person-to-Person Community Outbreaks, United States, 2016-2020.
Liesl M HaganMartha P MontgomeryPriscilla L LauroMichael CimaGinger StringerNikki M KupfermanAndrea LeapleyAmi P GandhiDawn NimsJenna Iberg JohnsonLindsay BoutonCole BurkholderGenny A GrilliTheresa KittleKatrina HansenMarla M SieversAlexandra P NewmanJustin P AlbertsonBrandi TaylorMichael PietrowskiSarah StousZuwen Qiu-ShultzCassandra JonesBree BarbeauLaura Ann NicolaiKatherine McCombsMary ChanLaura CooleyNeil GuptaNoele NelsonPublished in: Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) (2022)
Correctional facilities are important settings for reaching people with risk factors for HAV infection and can also be venues where transmission occurs. Providing HAV vaccination to incarcerated people, particularly people housed in jails, can be an effective component of community-wide outbreak response.
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