Hepatitis A.
10.5223/kjpgn.2010.13.Suppl1.S70
- Author:
Ky Young CHO
1
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Sahmyook Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. choky96@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Hepatitis A;
Vaccine
- MeSH:
Anorexia;
Fever;
Hepatitis;
Hepatitis A;
Hepatitis A virus;
Humans;
Jaundice;
Korea;
Nausea;
Public Health;
Vaccination
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
2010;13(Suppl 1):S70-S77
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Hepatitis A characteristically is an acute, self-limited illness associated with fever, malaise, jaundice, anorexia, and nausea. The development in the socio-economic status and public health of Korea over the last 30 years have been accompanied by a shift in age-specific rates of hepatitis A. This lowered endemicity has caused an upward shift in the average age of infection, resulting in a larger number of individuals at risk of clinically significant hepatitis A infection. Vaccination is the most effective means of preventing hepatitis A virus transmission among persons at risk for infection.
