> Subject: Re: HEPATITIS C
> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 15:04:19 -0400
> From: Denhez Louise <[log in to unmask]>
>
> How about vaccinating the baby against hepatitis B ? Would protect him
> (her) against the disease and the long-term consequences of being a
> chronic carrier. The vaccine is safe in infancy.
>
> Louise Denhez, M.D., M.P.H
> Chargee d'enseignement clinique
> Departement de medecine sociale et preventive

Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B are caused by different viruses.  The
vaccine for Hep B is virus specific and is therefore only effective for
Hep B.

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Kimberly Elms
Arizona State University
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A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was,
the sort of house I lived in or the kind of car I drove...
But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a
child.