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3091532

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-9-30
pubmed:abstractText
Following a point-source epidemic of more than 8,000 cases of Shigella sonnei, which was caused by a sewage-contaminated water supply, immune serum globulin (ISG) was administered to 11,306 children, aged 5 to 9 years, and to 1,338 pregnant women to prevent a possible outbreak of hepatitis A. A cost-benefit analysis showed that the estimated cost of preventing one possible case of hepatitis in a child was $362.50, and in a pregnant women $11,514. The benefit:cost ratios were 0.45 and 0.28, respectively. These relatively low ratios call for reconsideration of the guidelines that recommend ISG administration to children and pregnant women following an exposure to contaminated water.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0021-2180
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
277-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Cost-benefit of mass prophylaxis with immune serum globulin to control waterborne hepatitis A: a case study.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article