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An outbreak of hepatitis A associated with salted clams in Busan, Korea [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2021 OBJECTIVES In July 2019, there were multiple reports on patients with hepatitis A among the visitors of a restaurant in Busan. The current study presents the results of an epidemiological investigation and outlines the supplementary measures that would ...
Hyunjin Son +7 more
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The Change in the Susceptible Populations with the Shift in Hepatitis A Epidemiology
Düzce Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, 2022 Aim: The incidence of hepatitis A (HepA) has decreased due to vaccination and improved hygiene conditions. However, the age of onset of the disease has shifted from childhood to adulthood.
Feruze Enç +4 more
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022 Concomitant hepatitis A virus (HAV) and amoebic liver abscess are to be considered in patients with clinical signs and symptoms of fever, jaundice, and right upper quadrant pain, especially in endemic areas.
Saurabh Puri +4 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 To the Editor: Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection rates are very low in industrialized countries. A noticeable fall in the prevalence of HAV antibodies (anti-HAV) has been reported in southern European and Mediterranean countries such as Spain (1) and Greece (2), reflecting improvements in hygiene standards in the last decades.
D'AMELIO, Raffaele +7 more
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Open Medicine, 2021 Hepatitis A virus immunoglobulin M (HAV-IgM) is often used to diagnose acute hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection serologically. However, false-positive test results can interfere with the diagnosis.
Tan Youwen, Chen Li
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Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2023 Introduction: Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a causative agent of acute hepatitis in humans, infecting more than one million individuals every year, including both symptomatic and asymptomatic infections.
Mina Hannan1 +4 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 The novel targeted therapeutics for hepatitis C virus (HCV) in last decade solved most of the clinical needs for this disease. However, despite antiviral therapies resulting in sustained virologic response (SVR), a challenge remains where the stage of ...
Laurent Gole +11 more
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Acute Liver Failure due to Hepatitis A Virus
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2021 Acute liver failure (ALF) is a syndrome, rather than a specific disease, with several possible causes, and viral hepatitis is a major cause. The relationship between self-limited and ALF hepatitis A is still poorly understood.
Reem Shammout +2 more
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019 Hepatitis A is a vaccine-preventable infection caused by the HA virus (HAV) with transitional to intermediate endemicity in China. An inactivated vaccine first licensed in China in 2010 (Avaxim® 80U Pediatric) is indicated for primary and booster ...
Nianmin Shi, Anvar Rasuli, Yaël Thollot
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Hepatitis A Outbreak in a Facility for the Disabled, Gyeonggi Province, Korea: An Epidemiological Investigation [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2021 Objectives: The number of cases of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections has sharply increased in Korea, especially among young adults. In this study, an HAV outbreak in a facility for disabled people was investigated, and we found epidemiological ...
Yeonhwa Chang +4 more
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