| a community outbreak of hepatitis a in a religious community in indiana: failure of immune serum globulin to prevent the spread of infection. | an outbreak of hepatitis a occurred in a religious community in indiana, usa. sixty-nine cases were ascertained among the 4466 residents over a year, and the highest attack rate was in children. the management of the outbreak included the widespread use of prophylactic immune serum globulin (isg). despite this, further cases occurred. to guide further isg administration, a survey was undertaken to ascertain what proportion remained susceptible to hav infection. from a random sample of 600 people ... | 2000 | 10813157 |