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Hepatitis A Virus Epidemiology
Studies from Institute for Tropical Medicine yield new data on hepatitis A virus epidemiology
May 13th, 2008
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Dual infection with hepatitis A and E viruses in outbreaks and in sporadic clinical cases: Cuba 1998-2003.' "Viral hepatitis ranks as the fifth cause of morbidity for infectious diseases in Cuba. Epidemics are observed frequently in the population, the hepatitis A virus being the main agent responsible for such epidemics," scientists writing in the Journal of Medical Virology report. "Previous reports also confirmed the circulation of the hepatitis E virus. From 1998 to 2003, 258 serum samples were collected by the Reference Laboratory on Viral Hepatitis during 33 outbreaks of acute viral hepatitis as well as from 39...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-05-13)
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