Hepatitis A immunity in U.S. travelers : prevalence and associated factors

134 Pages·1991·5.2 MB·English

by  Werner, Alain-Marc

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HEPATITIS A IMMUNITY IN U.S. TRAVELERS:
PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS
A Thesis Submitted to the Yale University School of Medicine in
Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor
of Medicine
by
Alain - Marc Werner
(M
1991

Acknowledgements:
I received much guidance and support from my primary advisor. Dr.
Michele Barry. I also received assistance from Dr. David Ransohoff and
Dr. Jan Patterson. I am also indebted to the data-gathering efforts of
the other physicians at the travel clinics, namely Dr. Frank Bia and Dr.
Tom Patterson.
In addition to the assistance I received from my advisors, I was
abetted in my endeavor by the efforts of Mrs. Faye Weirich of the Yale-
New Haven Hospital Blood Bank, Mrs. Sue Hillman, of the Travel Clinic
at the Yale University Health Service and Mrs. Josephine Onofrio, of
the Yale Tropical Medicine and International Traveler's Clinic. I would
therefore like to extend my thanks to all of these people.