Korean J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr.  2010 Dec;13(Suppl 1):S70-S77. 10.5223/kjpgn.2010.13.Suppl1.S70.

Hepatitis A

• Cho KY

• KMID: 2275468
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5223/kjpgn.2010.13.Suppl1.S70

Abstract

Hepatitis A characteristically is an acute, self-limited illness associated with fever, malaise, jaundice, anorexia, and nausea. The development in the socio-economic status and public health of Korea over the last 30 years have been accompanied by a shift in age-specific rates of hepatitis A. This lowered endemicity has caused an upward shift in the average age of infection, resulting in a larger number of individuals at risk of clinically significant hepatitis A infection. Vaccination is the most effective means of preventing hepatitis A virus transmission among persons at risk for infection.

Keyword

Hepatitis A; Vaccine

MeSH Terms

Anorexia
Fever
Hepatitis
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A virus
Humans
Jaundice
Korea
Nausea
Public Health
Vaccination

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