Editing Hepatitis (section)

==== Hepatitis A ====

{{Main|Hepatitis A vaccine}}
[[File:Havrix-rokote.jpg|thumb|Havrix vaccine]]
The CDC recommends the [[hepatitis A vaccine]] for all children beginning at age one, as well as for those who have not been previously immunized and are at high risk for contracting the disease.<ref name="WHO Hep A Fact Sheet July 2015">{{cite web|title=Hepatitis A Fact sheet N°328|url=https://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs328/en/|website=WHO Media Centre|access-date=March 7, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221042107/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs328/en/|archive-date=February 21, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Voise 2011">{{cite journal|last1=Voise|first1=Nathan|title=Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A shot at hepatitis prevention.|journal=J Am Osteopath Assoc|date=Oct 2011|volume=111|issue=10 Suppl 6|pages=S13–6|pmid=22086888}}<!--|access-date=March 7, 2016--></ref>

For children 12 months of age or older, the vaccination is given as a shot into the muscle in two doses 6–18 months apart and should be started before the age 24 months.<ref name="CDC Birth-18Y Immunizations">{{cite web|title=Birth-18 Years and Catchup Immunization Schedules for Providers.|url=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html|website=www.CDC.gov|access-date=March 7, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306220930/http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html|archive-date=March 6, 2016}}</ref> &nbsp;The dosing is slightly different for adults depending on the type of the vaccine. &nbsp;If the vaccine is for hepatitis A only, two doses are given 6–18 months apart depending on the manufacturer.<ref name="CDC Adult Vaccine"/> &nbsp;If the vaccine is [[Hepatitis A vaccine|combined hepatitis A and hepatitis B]], up to 4 doses may be required.<ref name="CDC Adult Vaccine"/>