Acute viral hepatitis – Should the current screening strategy be modified?

The epidemiology of viral hepatitis has changed. Since the introduction of safe and effective vaccines for hepatitis A and B in 1980s, the incidence of acute infections caused by these viruses has been declining in the UK. At the same time, hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been recognised as an increasin...

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Published in:	Journal of clinical virology Vol. 59; no. 3; pp. 184 - 187
Main Authors:	Harvala, Heli, Wong, Vincent, Simmonds, Peter, Johannessen, Ingolfur, Ramalingam, Sandeep
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.03.2014
Subjects:	Acute Disease Acute hepatitis Adult Alanine Transaminase - blood Allergy and Immunology CMV Cohort Studies EBV Female HAV Hepatitis E Hepatitis, Viral, Human - diagnosis Hepatitis, Viral, Human - epidemiology Hepatitis, Viral, Human - virology Humans Infectious Disease Male Middle Aged United Kingdom - epidemiology Virology - methods Virology - statistics & numerical data Virus Virus EBV Hepatitis E Acute hepatitis HAV CMV
ISSN:	1386-6532, 1873-5967, 1873-5967
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