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use of hygiene advice and active immunisation to control an outbreak of hepatitis a.	a community outbreak of at least 16 cases of hepatitis a is described. salivary antibody testing of 126 children within a school in that community showed only one case of undiagnosed previous infection. three other children had received hepatitis a vaccine previously, and this was reflected in their antibody titres. for the schools serving the community control measures included advice on good hygiene (supervised handwashing and additional cleaning in the schools). all close contacts of cases (h ...	2001	11732353
management of hepatitis a in a food handler at a london secondary school.	a case of hepatitis a in a food handler at a local secondary school prompted the institution of control measures including administration of human normal immunoglobulin (hnig) to all pupils. this paper summarises the management of the incident and describes the use of hnig to prevent secondary cases. few adverse effects were reported and only one secondary case of hepatitis a occurred at the school.	2003	12736968