[Hepatitis A and B vaccines].

Rev Med Brux

Service de Gastro-entérologie, Hôpitaux Civils fusionnés-Site de Charleroi.

Published: September 1997

Hepatitis A is a beginning disease in childhood but sometimes a very dangerous disease in adults. It is necessary to vaccine the non immune "risk groups". Hepatitis B is responsible for two millions deafs every year. Hepatitis B is a sexually transmissible disease. Everybody would be vaccinated.

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