Epidemiology

Immune Response To Hepatitis A Falls In Taiwanese Population

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, June 4th, 2001

by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The authors of a Taiwanese study say factors leading to a better standard of living in Taiwan have decreased the number of young people with immune response to hepatitis A virus (HAV), placing them at greater risk for infection during an outbreak.

Shih-Min Wang and coworkers at National Cheng Kung University performed the epidemiological study, which found serum levels of antibodies to HAV (anti-HAV) declined in children and young adults between 1992 and 1998. Anti-HAV markers in the serum are indicative of protection against HAV.

In 1998, researchers tested more than 900 males and females between the ages...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2001-06-04)

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