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Massive hepatitis A outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2009: an indication of increasing susceptibility and epidemiological shift?

Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013
Sri Lanka experienced an unprecedented outbreak of hepatitis A in 2009. We extracted data from different sources to get a proper estimate of actual disease incidence during that period.
NJ Dahanayaka, T Kiyohara, SB Agampodi
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Epidemiological pattern and mortality rates for hepatitis A in Brazil, 1980-2002: a review

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006
The prevalence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is high in developing countries, in which low standards of sanitation promote the transmission of the virus.
Cláudia L Vitral, Ana Maria C Gaspar, Francisco José D Souto   +2 more
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Beyond the liver: unveiling rhabdomyolysis as a rare complication of hepatitis A

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Hepatitis A is a mild self-limiting infection of the liver with spontaneous resolution of symptoms in most cases. However, clinicians should be aware of some commonly encountered complications and extrahepatic manifestations associated with hepatitis A ...
Yash R. Shah, Angad Tiwari, Dushyant Singh Dahiya, Veslav Stecevic, Zunirah Ahmed   +4 more
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Hepatitis A vaccination and its immunological and epidemiological long-term effects – a review of the evidence

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections continue to represent a significant disease burden causing approximately 200 million infections, 30 million symptomatic illnesses and 30,000 deaths each year.
Christian Herzog, Koen Van Herck, Pierre Van Damme   +2 more
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Viral Hepatitis in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2022
There has been a rise in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in developing countries, including South Korea. Consequently, the use of immunosuppressive agents such as immunomodulators or biologics has also increased.
Seung Hwan Shin, Sang Hyoung Park
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Role of real-time polymerase chain reaction in diagnosing Hepatitis E, the commonest cause of acute hepatitis in adult patients seeking institutional care

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2023
Background: This cross-sectional study was performed with the aim of determining the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection among acute hepatitis patients attending a tertiary care teaching hospital in a developing country and to determine the ...
Divya Namdeo, Pratima Shrivastava, Garima Garg, Ashish K Vyas, Ram K Nema, Abhishek Singhai, Shashwati Nema, Debasis Biswas   +7 more
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Pleural Effusion Associated with Anicteric Hepatitis A Virus Infection – Unusual Manifestation of a Common Disease: A Case Report

Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics, 2020
Fikaden Berhe Hadgu, Henok Temtime Alemu Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Fikaden Berhe HadguDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences ...
Hadgu FB, Alemu HT
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Scarlatiniform eruption-a rare extrahepatic manifestation of acute hepatitis A infection

PAMJ Clinical Medicine, 2020
A 12-year-old girl presented with a one-week history of fever associated with jaundice, vomiting and skin rash on the fifth day of illness. She denied any abdominal pain, diarrhoea, history of recent shell-fish or traditional medication ingestion.
Chee Yik Chang
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Features of Epidemiology of Hepatitis A in the Region with the Selective Strategy of Vaccination of the Population

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2019
Hepatitis A (HA) is one of the most widespread intestinal infections. At present, selective and planned vaccination strategies against HA are used in different regions of the Russian Federation.
T. A. Bayanova, N. A. Lihanova, N. A. Kravchenko, M. O. Potapova, L. P. Ignatieva, I. G. Zhdanova- Zaplesvichko, A. D. Botvinkin   +6 more
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Diagnosa Hepatitis A Menggunakan Metode Dempster - Shafer

Jurnal ELTIKOM: Jurnal Teknik Elektro, Teknologi Informasi dan Komputer, 2020
Hepatitis A merupakan penyakit peradangan yang terjadi pada hati, yang disebabkan karena adanya in-feksi oleh virus HAV, selain itu kurangnya perhatian masyarakat terhadap kebersihan lingkungan, makanan dan minuman yang tidak higenis, mahalnya biaya ...
Ridha Pratiwi, Septi Andryana, Aris Gunaryati   +2 more
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