RT Journal Article
T1 Outbreak of acute hepatitis A in the health area served by the Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria (HUVV): a change in epidemiology.
A1 García Ferreira, Alejandro José
A1 Ortega Alonso, Aida
A1 Cobos Rodríguez, Julia
A1 Bardón de Tena, Paula
A1 Calderón Cid, Miguel
A1 García García, Alberto Manuel
A1 García Escaño, María Dolores
A1 Alcántara Benitez, Ramiro
A1 Clavijo Frutos, Encarnacíon
A1 García-Cortés, Miren
A1 Andrade, Raúl
AB In 2016, an outbreak of hepatitis A was identified in the Malaga province among patients with specific epidemiological characteristics, which were predominantly males. This is a report of 51 subjects with acute hepatitis A and a mean age of 35.7 years, 90% were male and 55% of cases were men who had had sex with other men within the last two months. Half of them required hospitalization for significant coagulopathy at diagnosis and no cases progressed to fulminant failure or encephalopathy. Four patients had ascites at the time of diagnosis. This outbreak adds to those reported in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands with a similar number of cases and epidemiology. These studies highlight the importance of epidemiological surveillance, the need for vaccination in this particular at risk population and the need for informative campaigns in order to prevent this disease.
SN 1130-0108
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/12231
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/12231
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 5, 2025