Viral hepatitis in Danish children. Disappearance of an infection from its previous reservoir. Issue 2 (February 1982)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Skinhøj, P; Ibsen, K K; Kryger, P
• Is Part Of: Archives of disease in childhood. Volume 57:Issue 2(1982)
• Page Start: 146
• Page End: 148
• Publication Date: 1982-02
• Subjects: Children -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Infants -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.920005
• DOI: 10.1136/adc.57.2.146
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-9888

Abstract

Abstract : Two hundred and eighty-five healthy Danish children aged between 7 and 17 years were studied for hepatitis B antigen and antibodies to hepatitis A and B. A positive response to each of these infections was found in 0.7% of them. During a 5-year period 40 children were admitted to hospital with viral hepatitis, 30 of whom had hepatitis A. Eighty-three per cent of these cases of hepatitis A were secondary to adult cases, or had resulted from foreign travel. Hepatitis A is no longer endemic in Danish children, and morbidity from hepatitis B or non-A non-B is negligible.