SYMPTOMATIC HEPATITIS A VIRUS INFECTION DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE

SYMPTOMATIC HEPATITIS A VIRUS INFECTION DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE

Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is rare during the first year of life. Although asymptomatic seroconversion has been reported in this age group, there is little information concerning clinical manifestations of the disease. We report six cases with symptomatic HAV infection in infants during their...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Pediatric infectious disease journal 1995-07, Vol.14 (7), p.628-628
Hauptverfasser: Linder, Nahama, Karetnyi, Yuory V, Kuint, Jacob, Mendelson, Ella, Dagan, Ron
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Age of Onset
Antibodies, Viral - blood
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hepatitis A - diagnosis
Hepatitis A - epidemiology
Hepatitis A - immunology
hepatitis A virus
Hepatitis A Virus, Human - immunology
Human viral diseases
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infectious diseases
Israel - epidemiology
Liver Function Tests
Male
Medical sciences
Tropical medicine
Viral diseases
Viral hepatitis
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Zusammenfassung:Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is rare during the first year of life. Although asymptomatic seroconversion has been reported in this age group, there is little information concerning clinical manifestations of the disease. We report six cases with symptomatic HAV infection in infants during their first year.
ISSN:0891-3668
1532-0987
DOI:10.1097/00006454-199507000-00017