Publications

the changing epidemiologic pattern of hepatitis a infection in urban greece.	the point prevalence of antibody to hepatitis a virus (anti-hav) in a sample of 1,113 healthy greek children and adolescents 0-19 years old was estimated by radioimmunoassay. the overall anti-hav prevalence was 8.7%; it increased from almost zero among children less than four years of age to 16.3% in adolescents 15-19 years. anti-hav prevalence was independent of sex; it was lower among children born in athens than among those born in other parts of the country, and it was higher in children of ...	1984	6093500
etiology of fulminant viral hepatitis in greece.	the etiology of fulminant viral hepatitis was determined in 65 consecutive cases among 1,814 (3.58%) adults with acute viral hepatitis who were admitted to the infectious diseases hospital of athens from may, 1981 to august, 1983. radioimmunoassays were used to detect hepatitis b virus, hepatitis a virus and delta-agent markers. enzyme immunoassay was used to detect anti-hbc igm. hepatitis b virus was responsible for 48 (73.9%), non-a, non-b for 16 (24.6%) and hepatitis a virus for one case (1.5 ...	1984	6327484