Table 1. Person-to-person hepatitis A outbreaks according to the risk factor of the index case in the pre-vaccination (1991–98) and in the post-vaccination (2000–12) periods.
| Number of outbreaks | OR* (95% CI) | P | aOR (95% CI) | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1: 1991–98 |
Period 2:
2000–12 |
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| Day care (child) | 10 | 9 | 3.07 (1.20–7.84) | 0.019 | ||
| Day care (adult) | 1 | 7 | 0.36 (0.04–2.94) | 0.338 | ||
| Immigrant | 5 | 58 | 0.17 (0.07–0.44) | < 0.001 | 0.19 (0.07–0.49) | 0.005 |
| Household contact | 29 | 60 | 1.35 (0.79–2.31) | 0.275 | ||
| School contact | 23 | 17 | 4.34 (2.18–8.63) | < 0.001 | 2.72 (1.35–5.48) | < 0.001 |
| Travel | 1 | 5 | 0.51 (0.06–4.37) | 1 | ||
| MSM | 0 | 26 | 0.04 (0.002–0.74) | 0.003 | 0.04 (0.002–0.67) | 0.026 |
| Others** and unknown*** | 17 | 37 | 1.21 (0.64–2.29) | 0.555 | ||
| All outbreaks | 86 | 219 | – | |||
MSM, men who have sex with men; OR, Odds ratio; aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; *comparing each category of risk factor with all the others; **others, adopted children; ***unknown, outbreaks with unknown risk factors