Hanna J N, Warnock T H, Shepherd R W, Selvey L A
Queensland Health, Cairns.
Med J Aust. 2000 Jan 3;172(1):19-21. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb123872.x.
Since 1993, three Indigenous children in north Queensland have died of fulminant hepatitis A. Even if the children had been able to undergo liver transplantation, prolonged immunosuppressant therapy and the likelihood of opportunistic infections would inevitably have jeopardised any chance of long-term survival. As hepatitis A has become a leading infectious cause of death in young Indigenous children in north Queensland, hepatitis A vaccine has recently been introduced into the vaccination schedule for these children.
自1993年以来，昆士兰州北部已有三名原住民儿童死于暴发性甲型肝炎。即便这些儿童能够接受肝脏移植，长期的免疫抑制治疗以及发生机会性感染的可能性也必然会危及任何长期存活的机会。由于甲型肝炎已成为昆士兰州北部原住民幼儿死亡的主要感染原因，甲型肝炎疫苗最近已被纳入这些儿童的疫苗接种计划。
