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9139381

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-5-2
pubmed:abstractText
Age-specific prevalence of anti-HAV was determined for 3 groups of children whose mean ages were 12.6, 20.7 and 52.5 months. There were 41, 43 and 99 children in the respective age groups. All children were healthy, from middle to low socioeconomic families in Bangkok and vicinity. None of the children in the two younger age groups had anti-HAV antibody while 2 of 99 children in the oldest age group did. One of them resided in central Bangkok (Amphoe Dusit) and the other in Nonthaburi Province. The overall prevalence of anti-HAV in children under 5 years old was 1.1%. This demonstrates that hepatitis A transmission rates in Bangkok are very low when compared to ten years ago when prevalence rates were as high as 50-65%. From this study hepatitis A vaccine is recommended for 4-5 years old children in Bangkok. We need more epidemiologic data concerning hepatitis A transmission in Thailand before we can consider hepatitis A immunization for the whole country.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0125-1562
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
709-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Age-specific prevalence of hepatitis A antibody in Thai children.
pubmed:affiliation
Children's Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article