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ENDORSED POLICY STATEMENT
A Comprehensive Immunization
Strategy to Eliminate Transmission of
Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the
United States
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N FEBRUARY 3, 2006, the American Academy of Pediatrics endorsed the following publication: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A comprehensive immunization strategy to eliminate transmission of hepatitis B virus
infection in the United States: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices (ACIP). Part 1: immunization of infants, children, and
adolescents [published correction appears in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2006;
55:158 –159]. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2005;54(RR-16):1–33. Available at: www.cdc.
gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5416.pdf.
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A Comprehensive Immunization Strategy to Eliminate Transmission of Hepatitis
B Virus Infection in the United States
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Pediatrics 2006;118;404
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1181
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A Comprehensive Immunization Strategy to Eliminate Transmission of Hepatitis
B Virus Infection in the United States
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Pediatrics 2006;118;404
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1181
The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is
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PEDIATRICS is the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. A monthly
publication, it has been published continuously since 1948. PEDIATRICS is owned,
published, and trademarked by the American Academy of Pediatrics, 141 Northwest Point
Boulevard, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, 60007. Copyright © 2006 by the American Academy
of Pediatrics. All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0031-4005. Online ISSN: 1098-4275.
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