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Section 2. Recommendations for Care of Children in Special Circumstances
Hepatitis and Youth in Correctional Settings
Hepatitis A
Correctional facilities in the United States rarely report cases of hepatitis A, and national prevalence data for incarcerated populations are not available. States that have assessed prevalence of past infection 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 the
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