Recommendations for Vaccination Against Hepatitis A Virus

Person's age

Person's gender

Is the person visiting a country with an intermediate to high rate of hepatitis A virus infection?

Will the person be working in one or more countries with a high rate of hepatitis A virus infection?

Is the person a member of a Native American, Alaskan native, Pacific Islander, Hispanic communities, or religous community with a high rate of hepatitis A virus infection?

Is the person homosexual and bisexual?

Is the person an injection drug user?

Does the person have a chronic liver disease?

Is the person a commercial food handler?

Does the person have a significant occupational exposure to hepatitis A virus?

Is the person a close household contact of a newly arrived international adoptee?

Does the person have a clotting factor disorder?

Is there a viral hepatitis A outbreak in progress?

Is the person in a subpopulation at risk for viral hepatitis A exposure?

Does the person have a history of hypersensitivity to 2-phenoxyethanol or alum?

Is the person pregnant?