| should one vaccinate patients with chronic liver disease for hepatitis a virus in india? | hepatitis a virus (hav) vaccination is recommended worldwide for patients with chronic liver disease to prevent decompensation due to superinfection with hav. india being endemic for hav, the prevalence of pre-existing antibodies against hav due to subclinical exposure to the virus in childhood among patients with chronic liver disease may be high and, therefore, vaccination may not be needed. however, little data are available on the prevalence of hav antibody among patients with chronic liver ... | 2004 | 15909855 |
| seroepidemiology of hepatitis a virus infection among school children in delhi and north indian patients with chronic liver disease: implications for hav vaccination. | universal vaccination against hepatitis a virus (hav) has been recommended for children because of the changing epidemiological pattern of hav. vaccination has also been advised for patients with chronic liver disease as hav superinfection in these patients can result in severe or even fatal disease. in india, the indications for hav vaccination are not clear due to contradictory seroepidemiological data in children and lack of data on hav seroprevalence in patients with chronic liver disease. | 2003 | 12795755 |
| serological study of hepatitis a virus infection amongst the students of a medical college in delhi & evaluation of the need of vaccination. | recent seroepidemiological studies have demonstrated a decrease in the seroprevalence of hepatitis a virus (hav) infection, thereby increasing the pool of susceptible adult population. health care workers, especially those working in paediatric wards and nurseries, are at an increased risk of developing hav infection. the present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of antibody against hav (igg anti-hav) among a batch of medical students of the maulana azad medical college, new delhi ... | 2002 | 12424929 |
| incidence of different types of viral hepatitis in delhi, uttar pradesh and rajasthan areas. | a total of 428 sera samples from patients of acute sporadic viral hepatitis collected from delhi (172), uttar pradesh (192) and rajasthan (64) were tested for hepatitis a virus (hav) and hepatitis b virus (hbv) markers. non a non b was diagnosed by exclusion. the prevalence of hav, hbv and non a non b in such cases was almost comparable at three places. the prevalence of hav ranged between 15.7 and 20.3 per cent, hbv between 41.3 and 51.6 per cent while non a non b ranged between 28.1 and 43 per ... | 1990 | 2129122 |
| the changing epidemiological pattern of hepatitis a in an urban population of india: emergence of a trend similar to the european countries. | the present study was undertaken to determine the seroprevalence of the antibody against hepatitis a virus (igg anti-hav) in an urban population sample from delhi (india) and to assess any change in the epidemiological pattern of hav infection in this part of the world. a total of 500 healthy subjects were enrolled and divided into groups on the basis of age, sex and per capita income and evaluated for the presence of igg anti hav antibodies using a commercially available kit. the mean age of al ... | 2000 | 11049092 |