Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of hepatitis A in children during rise of morbidity

Objective. Study of clinical and epidemiological characteristicsof hepatitis A in children.Materials and methods. The paper presents the epidemiological situation of this issue in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, as well as the results of clinical observations of 104 children with hepatitis A in age from...

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Main Authors: G. P. Martynova, I. A. Solovieva, N. A. Bezrukikh, E. S. Baulkina, M. L. Menshchikova, A. B. Belkina, A. A. Kolodina
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Journal Infectology 2015-11-01
Series:Журнал инфектологии
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Online Access:https://journal.niidi.ru/jofin/article/view/422
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Summary:Objective. Study of clinical and epidemiological characteristicsof hepatitis A in children.Materials and methods. The paper presents the epidemiological situation of this issue in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, as well as the results of clinical observations of 104 children with hepatitis A in age from 1 to 14 years.Results. It was found that at the present time is marked deterioration of the epidemiological situation of hepatitis A with involvement in the epidemiological process of young children. In this severe hepatitis A, often occurring with the phenomena of cholestasis, significantly more frequent among children aged 7–14 years. Despite the apparent beneficial for the infection at discharge on the part of school-age children has been a recovery with residual effects that require continued monitoring and corrective therapy appointment.
ISSN:2072-6732