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Section 2. Recommendations for Care of Children in Special Circumstances

HEPATITIS AND YOUTH IN CORRECTIONS SETTINGS

Hepatitis A

Corrections facilities in the United States rarely report cases of hepatitis A virus infection, and national prevalence data for incarcerated populations are not available. States that have assessed prevalence in incarcerated populations younger than 20 years of age show a similar ethnic distribution of predominance in American Indian/Alaska Native and Hispanic inmates, as is reflected in at-risk populations as a whole. Some estimates suggest an . . . [Go to Full Text]


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