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January 1, 2015The Indian Journal of Medical ResearchOpen Access

Molecular characterization of hepatitis A virus strains in a tertiary care health set up in north western India

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Population

1334 patients with clinically suspected acute viral hepatitis attending a tertiary care hospital in north…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

MSMiniPritam SinghMMManasi MajumdarBTBabuRam Thapa

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Overview

Supports pediatric-focused HAV prevention in north western India; leaves open adult seroprevalence trends and need for ongoing genotype surveillance.

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Population
1334 patients with clinically suspected acute viral hepatitis (AVH) attending a tertiary care hospital in north India during 2007-2011
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Outcome
Detection of anti-HAV IgM antibodies, HAV RNA, and circulating genotypesurrogate

Hepatitis A remains predominantly a disease of children in north western India, with genotype III A being the circulating strain.

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Singh et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8ce68e8a9f77207c301b42https://doi.org/10.4103/0971-5916.155577
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