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Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030.
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection occurs worldwide and is an important cause of acute viral hepatitis in the US. In this review, I cover the epidemiology, course of infection, clinical manifestations, serological responses, and prevention of this infection. Although most patients completely recover from this disease, elderly patients have a substantial mortality risk. Recently licensed vaccines are highly efficacious.
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E. L. Oleszak, W. L. Lin, A. Legido, J. Melvin, H. Hardison, B. E. Hoffman, C. D. Katsetos, and C. D. Platsoucas Presence of Oligoclonal T Cells in Cerebrospinal Fluid of a Child with Multiphasic Disseminated Encephalomyelitis following Hepatitis A Virus Infection Clin. Vaccine Immunol., September 1, 2001; 8(5): 984 - 992. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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