Effectiveness of single‐dose administration of inactivated hepatitis A virus vaccination in the Republic of Korea armed forces, 2013‐2016

The Republic of Korea Armed Forces has implemented the hepatitis A virus (HAV) vaccination programme with a single‐dose administration schedule in new recruits since 2013. A single‐dose administration was selected for economic feasibility. We analysed the effectiveness of the single‐dose HAV vaccina...

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Published inJournal of viral hepatitis Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 537 - 539
Main Authors Im, Jae Hyoung, Woo, Hyeong‐Taek, Ha, Beomman, Jung, Jaehun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2020
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Armed forces
Hepatitis
Hepatitis A
hepatitis A vaccine
Immunization
military personnel
protective effectiveness
Republic of Korea
single‐dose
Vaccination
South Korea
hepatitis A vaccine
single-dose
hepatitis A
Republic of Korea
military personnel
protective effectiveness
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Summary:The Republic of Korea Armed Forces has implemented the hepatitis A virus (HAV) vaccination programme with a single‐dose administration schedule in new recruits since 2013. A single‐dose administration was selected for economic feasibility. We analysed the effectiveness of the single‐dose HAV vaccination in a young and healthy population. To measure the effectiveness of the programme, we observed the incidence of HAV between the vaccinated and unvaccinated groups. A comparison between the two groups during the vaccine introduction period (2013‐2016) revealed a lower incidence rate of infection in the vaccinated group (3 cases/603 550 person‐years) than in the unvaccinated group (21 cases/1 020 450 person‐years). The effectiveness of single‐dose HAV vaccination was found to be 75.85%.
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ISSN:1352-0504
1365-2893
DOI:10.1111/jvh.13249