Time to Reconsider Hepatitis A Vaccination in Food Handlers: Are We Seeing More Outbreaks and Severe Disease?

Abstract The risk for secondary infection from hepatitis A-infected food handlers to patrons is deemed as low. Thus, hepatitis A vaccination is not specifically recommended for persons who handle food in the absence of other risk factors in the United States. We describe an ongoing food handler-asso...

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Published inOpen forum infectious diseases Vol. 9; no. 7; p. ofac185
Main Authors Kim, Hyun Sue, Torres, Jordan Lydia, Baffoe-Bonnie, Anthony
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford University Press 01.07.2022
Subjects
Disease transmission
Food contamination
Health aspects
Hepatitis A
Infection
Risk factors
Sanitation
Travel
Vaccination
Virginia
Virginia
hepatitis A
food handlers
vaccination
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Summary:Abstract The risk for secondary infection from hepatitis A-infected food handlers to patrons is deemed as low. Thus, hepatitis A vaccination is not specifically recommended for persons who handle food in the absence of other risk factors in the United States. We describe an ongoing food handler-associated hepatitis A outbreak in southwest Virginia and recommend policy changes that will incentivize food industry employers to embrace broader food handler hepatitis A vaccination.
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ISSN:2328-8957
2328-8957
DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofac185