Clinical Features of Re-Emerging Hepatitis A: An Analysis of Patients Hospitalized during an Urban Epidemic in Korea

From April 2008 to November 2008, many cases of hepatitis A were reported in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province in Korea. Furthermore, the rate of severe or fulminant hepatitis have significantly increased during the latest epidemic (13.4% vs. 5.2%, p=0.044). Therefore, widespread use of vaccine is warrant...

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Autores principales: Choi, Hee Kyoung, Song, Young Goo, Kim, Chang Oh, Shin, So Youn, Chin, Bum Sik, Han, Sang Hoon, Jin, Sung Joon, Chae, Yun Tae, Baek, Ji-Hyeon, Kim, Sun Bean, Kim, Do Young, Park, Jun Yong, Kim, June Myung, Choi, Jun Yong
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Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2011
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21623615
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2011.52.4.686
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author Choi, Hee Kyoung
Song, Young Goo
Kim, Chang Oh
Shin, So Youn
Chin, Bum Sik
Han, Sang Hoon
Jin, Sung Joon
Chae, Yun Tae
Baek, Ji-Hyeon
Kim, Sun Bean
Kim, Do Young
Park, Jun Yong
Kim, June Myung
Choi, Jun Yong
author_facet Choi, Hee Kyoung
Song, Young Goo
Kim, Chang Oh
Shin, So Youn
Chin, Bum Sik
Han, Sang Hoon
Jin, Sung Joon
Chae, Yun Tae
Baek, Ji-Hyeon
Kim, Sun Bean
Kim, Do Young
Park, Jun Yong
Kim, June Myung
Choi, Jun Yong
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description From April 2008 to November 2008, many cases of hepatitis A were reported in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province in Korea. Furthermore, the rate of severe or fulminant hepatitis have significantly increased during the latest epidemic (13.4% vs. 5.2%, p=0.044). Therefore, widespread use of vaccine is warranted to reduce the burden of hepatitis A in Korea.
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spelling pubmed-31044602011-07-01 Clinical Features of Re-Emerging Hepatitis A: An Analysis of Patients Hospitalized during an Urban Epidemic in Korea Choi, Hee Kyoung Song, Young Goo Kim, Chang Oh Shin, So Youn Chin, Bum Sik Han, Sang Hoon Jin, Sung Joon Chae, Yun Tae Baek, Ji-Hyeon Kim, Sun Bean Kim, Do Young Park, Jun Yong Kim, June Myung Choi, Jun Yong Yonsei Med J Brief Communication From April 2008 to November 2008, many cases of hepatitis A were reported in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province in Korea. Furthermore, the rate of severe or fulminant hepatitis have significantly increased during the latest epidemic (13.4% vs. 5.2%, p=0.044). Therefore, widespread use of vaccine is warranted to reduce the burden of hepatitis A in Korea. Yonsei University College of Medicine 2011-07-01 2011-05-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3104460/ /pubmed/21623615 http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2011.52.4.686 Text en © Copyright: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2011 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Brief Communication
Choi, Hee Kyoung
Song, Young Goo
Kim, Chang Oh
Shin, So Youn
Chin, Bum Sik
Han, Sang Hoon
Jin, Sung Joon
Chae, Yun Tae
Baek, Ji-Hyeon
Kim, Sun Bean
Kim, Do Young
Park, Jun Yong
Kim, June Myung
Choi, Jun Yong
Clinical Features of Re-Emerging Hepatitis A: An Analysis of Patients Hospitalized during an Urban Epidemic in Korea
title Clinical Features of Re-Emerging Hepatitis A: An Analysis of Patients Hospitalized during an Urban Epidemic in Korea
title_full Clinical Features of Re-Emerging Hepatitis A: An Analysis of Patients Hospitalized during an Urban Epidemic in Korea
title_fullStr Clinical Features of Re-Emerging Hepatitis A: An Analysis of Patients Hospitalized during an Urban Epidemic in Korea
title_full_unstemmed Clinical Features of Re-Emerging Hepatitis A: An Analysis of Patients Hospitalized during an Urban Epidemic in Korea
title_short Clinical Features of Re-Emerging Hepatitis A: An Analysis of Patients Hospitalized during an Urban Epidemic in Korea
title_sort clinical features of re-emerging hepatitis a: an analysis of patients hospitalized during an urban epidemic in korea
topic Brief Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21623615
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2011.52.4.686
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