Hepatitis A and E seroprevalence and associated risk factors: a community-based cross-sectional survey in rural Amazonia

CL Vitral, M da Silva-Nunes, MA Pinto… - BMC Infectious …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background Hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) are both transmitted
by the faecal-oral route, and represent common causes of acute hepatitis in developing …

Modelling the force of infection for hepatitis A in an urban population-based survey: a comparison of transmission patterns in Brazilian macro-regions

RAA Ximenes, CMT Martelli, M Amaku, AMC Sartori… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background This study aimed to identify the transmission pattern of hepatitis A (HA) infection
based on a primary dataset from the Brazilian National Hepatitis Survey in a pre-vaccination …

Knowledge and prevalence of viral hepatitis among beauticians

LM Villar, VS de Paula, AJ de Almeida… - Journal of medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Beauty treatments, such as tattooing, piercing, manicures, pedicures, and barbershop
shaving, can pose an important risk of virus transmission. This study was conducted to …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis A seropositivity among newly admitted medical students of Isfahan, Kermanshah, and Hamedan: A seroprevalence study

B Vakili, H Rahimi, B Ataei, M Janghorbani… - Journal of Research …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Health science students are at an increased risk of hepatitis A virus (HAV)
infection even under accidental infection. The aims of this study were to assess the …

Travel to Brazil: analysis of data from the Boston Area Travel Medicine Network (BATMN) and relevance to travelers attending world cup and olympics

E Iliaki, LH Chen, DH Hamer… - Journal of Travel …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We describe travelers who were evaluated pre‐travel to Brazil from March 2008 through July
2010 in the Boston area. Of 599 Brazil travelers, 71%, 58%, and 50% received vaccines for …

[PDF][PDF] Modelling the Force of Infection for Hepatitis A in an Urban Population

X RAdA, C Martelli, M Amaku, A Sartori, P De Soarez - PLoS ONE, 2014 - academia.edu
Background: This study aimed to identify the transmission pattern of hepatitis A (HA)
infection based on a primary dataset from the Brazilian National Hepatitis Survey in a pre …

Seroprevalence of hepatitis A antibodies among a sample of school children.

HMA Maksoud, K El-Mola, H Awadallah - 2014 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of IgM anti-HAV in students aged from 6-
12 years old in Damietta Governorate and to identify factors associated with the prevalence …