| age-specific prevalence of hepatitis a virus infection among teenagers in sardinia. | in 1989, the prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis a virus (anti-hav) in a sample of 1350 sardinian teenagers aged 14 to 19 years was estimated by elisa method. the overall anti-hav prevalence was 20%; it increased from 12.3% among 14-16 year old subjects to 27.4% in subjects aged 17-19 years (p less than 0.01). a slight female preponderance was observed (22.1% versus 17.9) but no statistically significant difference was attained. compared with the corresponding figure (71.6% of prevalence rate) ... | 1991 | 1648657 |