Incidencia de la infección por el virus de la hepatitis A diagnosticadas en la ciudad de Maracaibo, estado Zulia, Venezuela

• Main Authors: Costa-León Luciana, Porto-Espinoza Leticia, Monsalve-Castillo Francisca, Callejas-Valero Diana, Estévez Jesús, Castellanos-Sánchez María Elena
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2010
• Subjects: Virus hepatitis A; condiciones sanitarias; IgM anti-VHA; Hepatitis A virus; sanitary conditions; IgM anti-HAV; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Sur Este
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/14f053816d6c44cdb89d5916a769e4e2

Abstract: Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection continues to be a public health problem in developing countries. The aim of this study was to determine incidence of the hepatitis A virus infection in a population from Maracaibo, Venezuela. From January, 2004 until December, 2007, this study was carried...