| Literature DB >> 7065711 |
P Skinhøj, K K Ibsen, P Kryger.
Abstract
Two hundred and eighty-five healthy Danish children aged between 7 and 17 years were studied for hepatitis B antigen and antibodies to hepatitis A and B. A positive response to each of these infections was found in 0.7% of them. During a 5-year period 40 children were admitted to hospital with viral hepatitis, 30 of whom had hepatitis A. Eighty-three per cent of these cases of hepatitis A were secondary to adult cases, or had resulted from foreign travel. Hepatitis A is no longer endemic in Danish children, and morbidity from hepatitis B or non-A non-B is negligible.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 7065711 PMCID: PMC1627532 DOI: 10.1136/adc.57.2.146
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Dis Child ISSN: 0003-9888 Impact factor: 3.791