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Investigators at Statens Serum Institute Detail Research in Hepatitis
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, April 23rd, 2012
2012 APR 23 -- In this recent report, researchers in Copenhagen, Denmark conducted a study "To assess journey length and other predictors of travel-related acute hepatitis A (HAV) and B (HBV) virus infection among native Danes and determine the sensitivity and specificity of current pre-travel vaccination guidelines. A nationwide case-control study was perfomed involving 60 Danes with HAV and 14 with HBV who acquired hepatitis in non-western countries from 2000 to 2010."
"Non-immune travellers from a nationwide survey (1188 HAV and 1709 HBV) served as controls. The odds ratios (ORs) for HAV and HBV increased with increasing journey length (p < 0.0001)....
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2012-04-23)
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