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Historical Perspective

Prevaccine Era

Hepatitis A epidemiology in the United States has fundamentally changed with licensure of hepatitis A vaccine and implementation of national ACIP recommendations for its use. Before vaccine licensure during 1995-1996, hepatitis A incidence was primarily cyclic, with peaks occurring every 10-15 years. In the United States, during 1980-1995, approximately 22,000-36,000 hepatitis A cases were reported annually to CDC (rate: 9.0-14.5 cases per 100,000 population), but incidence models indicate that the number of infections was substantially higher.[1][2] One such analysis estimated an average of 271,000 infections per year during 1980-1999, representing 10.4 times the reported number of cases.[1] Each year in the United States, an estimated 100 persons died as a result of acute liver failure attributed to hepatitis A.

The costs associated with hepatitis A are substantial. Surveillance data indicate that 11%-22% of persons with hepatitis A are hospitalized.[3] The average duration of work loss for adults who become ill has been estimated at 15.5 days for nonhospitalized patients and 33.2 days for hospitalized patients.[4] Estimates of the annual direct and indirect costs of hepatitis A in the United States have ranged from $300 million to $488.8 million in 1997 dollars.[5][4] A recent Markov model analysis estimated economic costs of $133.5 million during the lifetime of a single age cohort of children born in 2005, in the absence of vaccination.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Armstrong GL, Bell BP (2002). "Hepatitis A virus infections in the United States: model-based estimates and implications for childhood immunization". Pediatrics. 109 (5): 839–45. PMID 11986444. Retrieved 2012-02-28. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. CDC. Hepatitis surveillance. Report no. 61. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC. 2006
  3. CDC. Prevention of hepatitis A through active or passive immunization: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR 1999;48(No. RR-12):1-37
  4. 4.0 4.1 Berge JJ, Drennan DP, Jacobs RJ, Jakins A, Meyerhoff AS, Stubblefield W, Weinberg M (2000). "The cost of hepatitis A infections in American adolescents and adults in 1997". Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). 31 (2): 469–73. doi:10.1002/hep.510310229. PMID 10655272. Retrieved 2012-02-28. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  5. CDC. Prevention of hepatitis A through active or passive immunization: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR 1999;48(No. RR-12):1-37

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