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Frequency of hepatitis A in children and adolescents from five cities of Peru

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2015
In order to determine the frequency of hepatitis A in children and adolescents in the cities of Lima, Arequipa, Piura, Cajamarca and Iquitos, a descriptive cross-sectional study which measured serum anti-hepatitis A antibodies from 1,721 children and ...
Roger Hernández, Eduardo Chaparro, Carlos Díaz, Martha Carbajal, Érico Cieza, Rosario Cerpa   +5 more
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Epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of Acute Viral Hepatitis A and E in a semi-urban locality in Chandigarh, North Indian Union Territory, 2016–17

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Context: During ongoing passive surveillance in Burail, Chandigarh an unexpected rise in number of acute viral hepatitis (AVH) was reported during December 2016.
Ankita Kankaria, Madhu Gupta, M D Abu Bashar, Shuchi Aggarwal, Sathiabalan Murugan, Chering Bhag, Sunil Kumar, Krishna Chaudhary, Kawaljeet S Sandha, Ruby Jain   +9 more
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Delta hepatitis [PDF]

Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2009
Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a defective RNA virus that requires HBsAg for replication and transmission. It can cause acute or chronic hepatitis. Chronic infection with HDV is one of the most severe and difficult to treat forms of viral hepatitis. It has been estimated that there is a total of 15-20 million HDV carriers in the world.
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Variegate Porphyria Triggered by Acute Hepatitis A Infection

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020
Background: Variegate porphyria (VP) is a rare disorder of haem biosynthesis. We report a novel association with hepatitis A infection. Patient and methods: A 31-year-old man was diagnosed with acute hepatitis A infection. During recovery, he presented
Daniel Micallef, Charlton Agius, Charles Mallia-Azzopardi, Gerald Buhagiar, Lawrence Scerri   +4 more
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A review of the experience of childhood hepatitis A vaccination in Saudi Arabia and Turkey: implications for hepatitis A control and prevention in the Middle East and North African region

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
In most countries of the Middle East and Northern African (MENA) region, a high hepatitis A virus (HAV) endemicity has been documented. Few others, such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey, are transitioning from high to intermediate endemicity.
Selim Badur, Serdar Öztürk, Alev Ozakay, Mansour Khalaf, Debasish Saha, Pierre Van Damme   +5 more
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Hepatitis A seroprevalence in Erzurum, Turkey

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2020
Introduction and objective Hepatitis A Virus (HAV), reportedly the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis in developing countries, infects millions of people worldwide each year.
Ahmet Yilmaz
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STUDIES ON THE AGENT OF INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS [PDF]

, 1950
Miles E. Drake, Albert W. Kitts, Mercer C. Blanchard, John D. Farquhar, Joseph Stokes, Werner Henle   +5 more
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The Prevalence of Hepatitis A in Iranian Children and Adolescents [PDF]

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul
Background and Objective: Hepatitis A is considered a disease with high prevalence in developing countries, and the spread of this disease in children is considered an important alarm for societies.
E Mousavi, AA Khaleghi, M Mohammadi
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Evaluation of hepatitis A, B, and C serology in patients with cirrhosis and intensive alcohol consumption

İstanbul Kuzey Klinikleri, 2018
INTRODUCTION[|]The objective of this study was to evaluate the serology of hepatitis A, B, and C in patients with cirrhosis and intensive alcohol consumption.[¤]METHODS[|]We retrospectively reviewed the viral serology results of 817 patients with ...
Sezgin Vatansever, Zehra Betul Pakoz, Belkis Unsal   +2 more
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Seroepidemiologic Survey of Hepatitis A in Mazandarani Pilgrims before Going to Karbala in Arbaeen Pilgrimage in 2018

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2022
Background and purpose: Recently, due to the reduction of hepatitis A in Iran there are people with low or no Hepatitis A Virus- Antibody (HAV-Ab), therefore, people at Arbaeen Pilgrimage are at risk for hepatitis A.
Farhang Babamahmoodi, Shakiba Heydari, Sogand Shahabinia, Mohammad Reza Mahdavi, Jamshid Yazdani, Lotfollah Davoodi, Elaheh Bali   +6 more
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