| Autor: |
M W, Benenson, E T, Takafuji, W H, Bancroft, S M, Lemon, M C, Callahan, D A, Leach |
| Rok vydání: |
1980 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
American journal of epidemiology. 112(4) |
| ISSN: |
0002-9262 |
| Popis: |
An outbreak of hepatitis type A occurred among military personnel and dependents on a military post in Anchorage, Alaska, August 1976-April 1977. One hundred sixteen clinical cases of hepatitis were identified over a nine-month-period. Ninety-six per cent of those cases that were tested demonstrated IgM antibody to hepatitis A virus. A large child care facility was implicated as a major focus of hepatitis virus transmission. Sixty-four (55%) of the cases were directly or indirectly linked to the child care facility. The length of time that a child spent at the facility appeared to increase the child's risk of developing hepatitis and the risk of his transmitting the hepatitis A virus to other members of the immediate household. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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