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9112305

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-7-11
pubmed:abstractText
Using data from the surveillance system for acute viral hepatitis we have evaluated the case fatality rate of viral hepatitis in Italy. 71 deaths (0.3%) occurred among the 21,553 reported acute viral hepatitis cases from 1985-1994. None reported history of exposure to drugs or toxins. The highest case fatality rate was observed for B and NANB hepatitis (0.5%). One death occurred among the 6,353 (0.02%) hepatitis A cases and 1 among the 909 (0.1%) anti-HCV positive NANB hepatitis cases. The case fatality for Delta hepatitis was 0.2% (1/422). Case fatality rate was similar in both sexes; increasing with age; 0.03% were < 15 years of age, 0.1%, 15-24 year-old, and 0.5%, > or = 25 years. Subjects older than 24 years of age accounted for 81.4% of total deaths. Intravenous drug use, blood transfusion and other parenteral exposures were the three most frequent non-mutually exclusive sources of infection reported by subjects who died from B and NANB hepatitis. These findings indicate that the survival rate of acute B and NANB hepatitis is lower than that of acute hepatitis A; moreover in Italy, as in other Western countries, acute HCV seems to cause liver failure only rarely.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0036-5548
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
87-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Case fatality rate of acute hepatitis in Italy: results from a 10 year surveillance.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't