Prevalence of hepatitis A in the capitals of the States of North, Southeast and South regions of Brazil: decrease in prevalence and some consequences

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Leila M. M. B. Pereira, Airton T. Stein, Gerusa Maria Figueiredo, Gabriela Perdomo Coral, Ulisses R. Montarroyos, Maria Regina Alves Cardoso, Maria Cynthia Braga, Regina Celia Moreira, Alex A. dos Santos, Ricardo Alencar Ximenes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2021
• Subjects: Hepatitis A infection; Risk factors; Brazil; Multilevel analysis; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Eia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946202163034; https://doaj.org/article/0be0bede3c5a4a0fba825c636b379c63

ABSTRACT Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection has been considered one of the leading causes of acute hepatitis. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of HAV among children and adolescents in a population-based study in the capitals of the States of the North, Southeast and South o...