A total of 280 cases of acute hepatitis B arising between 1979 and 1985 were retrospectively
reviewed. Following an increase in the number of cases in 1983 and 1984, the incidence …

One hundred and fifty‐three patients with acute hepatitis B infection over a four‐year period
have been reviewed. They were predominantly young males (60%) with a mild illness …

The published results of a 3 year population study of acute viral hepatitis provided an
opportunity to assess the completeness of routine reports of laboratory confirmed acute …

Reports of patients with acute clinical hepatitis B have been received from laboratories in
England, Wales, and Ireland since 1972. All available evidence suggests that since 1975 …

CONTEXT: HBV infection is endemic in Brazil and acute HBV infection is still a common
disease. OBJECTIVE: To analyze incidence, risk factors and evolution of acute HBV …

Unlike the USA, where there has been a rise in heterosexually and drug-abuse-acquired
diseases, the UK figures show a fall in new cases of hepatitis B to 1988. From a peak of …

257 cases of acute hepatitis B were reported between January 1977 and June 1979. This
constituted about one-third of all reported acute viral hepatitis cases in Singapore. The mean …

The epidemiologic, clinical and laboratory features of 40 adults with acute viral hepatitis type
B were compared with those of 40 adults with hepatitis non-B. Overall, the clinical …

The causes of acute hepatitis were prospectively studied in 141 patients admitted to
Embaba Fever Hospital, Cairo, Egypt in 1983. Serologic diagnosis showed: hepatitis A …

A nosocomial outbreak of fulminant hepatitis B infection at a medical center in Haifa, Israel,
between 7 and 26 June 1986, involved five patients who had been hospitalized previously …