Susceptibility to hepatitis A virus infection among chronic liver disease patients and healthy blood donors in Thailand

• Published in: Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 91 - 95
• Main Authors: PRAMOOLSINSAP, C, ATTAMASIRUL, K, BUSAGORN, N, MANEERAT, Y, NUCHPRAYOON, C, TANPRASERT, S, SRIVATANAKUL, P, THEAMBOONLERS, A, HIRSCH, P, POOVORAWAN, Y
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bangkok Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network 01.03.1999
• Subjects: Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Donors - statistics & numerical data; Carrier State - epidemiology; Case-Control Studies; Chronic Disease; Disease Susceptibility - blood; Disease Susceptibility - epidemiology; Disease Susceptibility - etiology; Disease Susceptibility - immunology; Endemic Diseases - statistics & numerical data; Female; Hepatitis A - blood; Hepatitis A - epidemiology; Hepatitis A - etiology; Hepatitis A - immunology; Hepatitis A - transmission; Hepatitis A Antibodies; Hepatitis Antibodies - blood; Hepatitis B, Chronic - complications; Hepatitis C, Chronic - complications; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Liver Cirrhosis - complications; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Socioeconomic Factors; Thailand - epidemiology; Tropical medicine; Viral diseases; Viral hepatitis; Thailand; Asia; Human; Prevalence; Hepatic disease; Medical screening; Infection; Viral hepatitis A; Hepatitis; Chronic; Association; Viral disease; Digestive diseases; Comparative study; Blood donor

Due to improvements in socio-economic and sanitation conditions, Thailand has undergone a change from hyperendemicity to intermediate endemicity for hepatitis A virus infection, leaving a large part of the adult population without immunity. At the same time, the country is still highly endemic for h...