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ReviewGastroenterology clinics of North America2020

Hepatitis A: Epidemiology, Natural History, Unusual Clinical Manifestations, and Prevention.

Ameer Abutaleb, Shyam Kottilil

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Review in Gastroenterology clinics of North America, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
62citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 105 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Hepatitis A virus endemicity and vaccine policy, India.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2026
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  11. Coinfection ofCase reports in infectious diseases · 2026
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  17. Serological Profile of Anti-Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025
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2 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ameer AbutalebDivision of Clinical Care and Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland, 725 West Lombard Street Suite, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, 22 South Greene Street, N3W156, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Shyam KottililDivision of Clinical Care and Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland, 725 West Lombard Street Suite, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Electronic address: skottilil@ihv.umaryland.edu.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Research Training in Gastroenterology and HepatologyT32DK067872 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI RAUFMAN, JEAN-PIERRE · 2005 to 2024
$7.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK067872
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a positive-strand RNA virus that is transmitted feco-orally through person-to-person contact. Outbreaks are often linked to poor sanitation, overcrowding, or food and water contamination. Infection is often asymptomatic in children, but adults present with jaundice, abdominal pain, hepatitis, and hyperbilirubinemia. Diagnosis is through detection of immunoglobulin M antibodies against HAV, and treatment is supportive. Vaccination is the mainstay of prevention and should be given before exposure whenever possible.

Indexed as

Abdominal PainAlanine TransaminaseAnorexiaBiomarkersHepatitis AHepatitis A VaccinesHumansJaundiceRiskSerologic TestsTravelAlanine TransaminaseBiomarkersHepatitis A VaccinesAcute liver failureHepatitis A outbreakHepatitis A preventionHepatitis A vaccineHepatitis A virus

Identifiers

PMID32389358
PMCPMC7883407
OpenAlexW3023661090

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