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ArticleJournal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR2015

High Prevalence of Symptomatic Hepatitis A Infection in Rural Area of Chaharmahal VA Bakhtiari Province, Iran.

Ali Karimi, Seifollah Mortazaei, Mohammad-Taghi Moradi

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Article in Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Vaccination of Hepatitis A; To Do or Not to Do?Middle East journal of digestive diseases · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ali KarimiAssociate Professor, Department of Virology, Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences , Shahrekord, Iran .
Seifollah MortazaeiPhD Student, Department of Virology, Medical Plants Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Science , Shahrekord, Iran .
Mohammad-Taghi MoradiPhD Student, Department of Virology, Medical Plants Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Science , Shahrekord, Iran .
Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionHepatitis A virus (HAV) is the most common cause of hepatitis during childhood and is an important public health problem. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate an outbreak of symptomatic viral hepatitis in children and in young adults in a rural area from Chaharmahal Va Bakhtiari Province, Iran. MATERIALS AND

methodsSerum samples from the 70 patients with icterus, who were suspected for HAV infection, referred to a therapeutic center in a central province of Iran from February to July, 2010 were tested for IgM specific antibody to HAV, using Enzyme linked Fluorscent assay (ELFA) Kit (General Biological Corp., Hsinchu, Taiwan).

resultsAll of the 70 children had jaundice. The ELFA results showed that 48 out of 70 (68.6%) tested positive for anti-HAV specific antibody (IgM). The mean age of the individuals were 12.81+12.2 and 23 of them (32.8%) were females. There was significant relationship between seropositivity for IgM anti-HAV antibody and age group in the patients studied (p<0.05).

conclusionThe high number of cases identified, may indicate an outbreak of hepatitis A in this region with the children as the most susceptible age group to this symptomatic infection.

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Hepatitis A virusInfectious hepatitisJaundiceViral infection

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PMCPMC4378733
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