| seroepidemiology of antibody to hepatitis a in the rural eastern part of thailand. | hepatitis a is a disease commonly found in thai children. however, there are very few reports on the age specific prevalence in thailand. we studied the hapatitis a virus (hav) antibody titer in a population in the rural eastern part of thailand, using an antihav elisa test (abbott laboratories, north chicago ill). three hundred and sixty four subjects from pong nam ron, chanthaburi province and 236 of children and adults from bo thong, chon buri province were studied for age specific prevalence ... | 1991 | 1658947 |
| molecular characterization of hepatitis a virus causing an outbreak among thai navy recruits. | hepatitis a virus (hav) infection is a communicable disease, typically transmitted by faecal-oral contamination. hav outbreaks usually occur in endemic areas. we report an outbreak of hav from june to july, 2008 among thai navy recruits who had received training at the sattahip navy base, chonburi province, thailand. upon conclusion of the training, the recruits were deployed to serve at several navy bases across the country. secondary cases of hav infection were reported among military personne ... | 2009 | 20237451 |
| increasing susceptibility to hav among members of the young generation in thailand. | the prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis a virus was studied in 961 children and adolescents, randomly selected from five different provinces in thailand (chonburi, lopburi, udonthani, nakhon si thammarat and lopburi). the highest prevalence was found in nakhon si thammarat, with 32.1 percent of those aged 10-14 years and 57.1 percent of those aged 15-18 years showing evidence of protective immunity. however, this high rate could be explained by an outbreak of hepatitis a in 1992. in the remain ... | 2000 | 11316047 |