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A Hospital-based Retrospective Study on Frequency and Distribution of Viral Hepatitis
BACKGROUND: Viral hepatitis is a major public health problem throughout the world. It is the inflammation of the liver due to the infection of any of the five main hepatic viruses A to E and it affects the liver through different modes of transmission. This study mainly aims at the frequency and dis...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4147430/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191049 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.138499 |
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description | BACKGROUND: Viral hepatitis is a major public health problem throughout the world. It is the inflammation of the liver due to the infection of any of the five main hepatic viruses A to E and it affects the liver through different modes of transmission. This study mainly aims at the frequency and distribution of viral hepatitis based on age and sex during a time period of 5 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a hospital-based retrospective study of 5 years at a tertiary level hospital in Kerala state in India. Medical records department of the hospital follow the guidelines of International Classification of Diseases-10 for coding the diseases. The data on frequency and distribution of viral hepatitis based on age and sex during a period of 5 years from April 2005 to March 2010 were collected and analyzed and ‘z’ test was used for finding out the difference in proportions. RESULT: Out of 818 cases, 76.03% were males and 23.96% were females. The preponderance of males was apparent in all types of viral hepatitis infection. The high risk groups were the adults in the age group of 20-39 years. The main cause in the present study was hepatitis E virus (HEV) and followed by hepatitis A virus (HAV). Of total viral hepatitis cases, 31.54% were due to HAV, 6.35% hepatitis B virus, 0.85% hepatitis C virus and 61.24% were due to HEV respectively. In the present study, there was no case of hepatitis D virus has reported. The case fatality rate of viral hepatitis in the present study was minor than 1% (0.98%); whereas males were 0.96%; females of 1.02%. CONCLUSION: Taking the safety measures including vaccination and proper management of waste materials are the only solution to control or eradicate this infection. |
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spelling | pubmed-41474302014-09-04 A Hospital-based Retrospective Study on Frequency and Distribution of Viral Hepatitis Antony, Jimmy Celine, TM J Glob Infect Dis Original Article BACKGROUND: Viral hepatitis is a major public health problem throughout the world. It is the inflammation of the liver due to the infection of any of the five main hepatic viruses A to E and it affects the liver through different modes of transmission. This study mainly aims at the frequency and distribution of viral hepatitis based on age and sex during a time period of 5 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a hospital-based retrospective study of 5 years at a tertiary level hospital in Kerala state in India. Medical records department of the hospital follow the guidelines of International Classification of Diseases-10 for coding the diseases. The data on frequency and distribution of viral hepatitis based on age and sex during a period of 5 years from April 2005 to March 2010 were collected and analyzed and ‘z’ test was used for finding out the difference in proportions. RESULT: Out of 818 cases, 76.03% were males and 23.96% were females. The preponderance of males was apparent in all types of viral hepatitis infection. The high risk groups were the adults in the age group of 20-39 years. The main cause in the present study was hepatitis E virus (HEV) and followed by hepatitis A virus (HAV). Of total viral hepatitis cases, 31.54% were due to HAV, 6.35% hepatitis B virus, 0.85% hepatitis C virus and 61.24% were due to HEV respectively. In the present study, there was no case of hepatitis D virus has reported. The case fatality rate of viral hepatitis in the present study was minor than 1% (0.98%); whereas males were 0.96%; females of 1.02%. CONCLUSION: Taking the safety measures including vaccination and proper management of waste materials are the only solution to control or eradicate this infection. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4147430/ /pubmed/25191049 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.138499 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Global Infectious Diseases http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Antony, Jimmy Celine, TM A Hospital-based Retrospective Study on Frequency and Distribution of Viral Hepatitis |
title | A Hospital-based Retrospective Study on Frequency and Distribution of Viral Hepatitis |
title_full | A Hospital-based Retrospective Study on Frequency and Distribution of Viral Hepatitis |
title_fullStr | A Hospital-based Retrospective Study on Frequency and Distribution of Viral Hepatitis |
title_full_unstemmed | A Hospital-based Retrospective Study on Frequency and Distribution of Viral Hepatitis |
title_short | A Hospital-based Retrospective Study on Frequency and Distribution of Viral Hepatitis |
title_sort | hospital-based retrospective study on frequency and distribution of viral hepatitis |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4147430/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191049 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.138499 |
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