[Prevalence of antibodies against hepatitis A virus (HAV) in a population of Mexican children].

Autor: Ramirez Mayans JA; Servicio de Gastroenterología y Nutrición, Instituo Nacional de Pediatría, México, D.F. Mexico., Cervantes Bustamante R, Jiron Castro R, Oyervides Garcia CI, Mata Rivera N, Navarrete Delgadillo Natividad MA, Sosa Martinez MC
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: Acta gastroenterologica Latinoamericana [Acta Gastroenterol Latinoam] 1997; Vol. 27 (2), pp. 99-102.
Abstrakt: We studied by ELISA test 450 healthy children looking for IgG and IgM antibodies against virus A hepatitis. 376/450 (86.3%) showed IgG antibodies. 50% of children under one year were positive. At 3 years of age 80% of children from this study were with antibodies IgG and 96% of children at 10 years of age were positive. Only 9 children showed antibodies IgM.
Databáze: MEDLINE