Increase in hepatitis A cases in the Czech Republic in 2008 - preliminary report

Fabiánová, Kateřina; Cástková, J; Beneš, Č; Kynčl, Jan; Kříž, B

doi:10.2807/ese.13.40.18997-en

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“…This result indicates that the level of HAV infection among plasma donors, as opposed to the general population, is approximately equal in these 3 EU countries. It will be interesting to follow the future development of HAV antibody prevalence in the different European plasma-sourcing countries and intriguing to see whether largescale hepatitis A outbreaks, as recently reported in Prague (Czech Republic), 28 have a detectable effect on HAV antibody titers in human plasma pools. Equally, it will be of interest to see whether HAV antibody titers of plasma pools further decrease in the US when the first birth cohorts who have generally received HAV vaccination will commence to donate blood or plasma.…”

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confidence: 97%

Hepatitis A virus antibodies in immunoglobulin preparations

Farcet

Planitzer

Stein

et al. 2010

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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Hepatitis A virus antibodies in immunoglobulin preparations

Farcet

Planitzer

Stein

et al. 2010

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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“…Overall, 10,552 individuals were enrolled between 1991 and 2018. Nine studies were conducted in adults (mean age: 19-45 years, range 16-74 years) [31, 55-57, 59, 61, 62, 64, 65], and eight in populations comprising children and adults (mean age: 25-42 years, range 0-90 years) [35, 36, 54, 58, 60, 63, 66, 67]. Studies were conducted in the USA (n=7) [35, 54, 56-68, 61, 64], Canada (n=4) [36, 55, 65, 66], Brazil [67], the UK [63], Czech Republic [60], The Netherlands [62], Iran [59] and Australia (n=1 per country) [31].…”

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“…Three studies reported risk factors for a high prevalence of HAV infection (reporting IDU, having sexual partner(s) with history of unspecified hepatitis, male subjects reporting insertive anal penetration or those originating from a country with a high anti-HAV prevalence) [35, 65, 66]. Other studies described nine outbreaks of Hepatitis A in several cities in the UK, The Netherlands, Czech republic and the USA; the numbers of confirmed cases in hospitals ranged from 42 to 1521 per outbreak (resulting in a total of 3903 outbreak-associated cases), with a high prevalence of 15.1%-78.0% being homeless persons [54-58, 60-63]. HAV-associated deaths ranged from 0-4.8% during outbreaks.…”

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Vaccine-preventable diseases other than tuberculosis, and homelessness: A systematic review of the published literature, 1980 to 2020

Castaneda

Hoang

et al. 2020

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Background. Homelessness may result in the breakdown of regular health services, including routine vaccination programmes. A literature review was conducted to describe vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) other than tuberculosis in homeless populations and to summarize vaccination recommendations in homeless people. Methods. We followed Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. We searched peer-reviewed literature published in English, French or Spanish reporting the outbreak of VPD or VPD prevalence in both infant and adult homeless populations published between 1980 and 2020, using PubMed/Medline, SciELO, Google Scholar, and Web of Science databases. Relevant information from the studies was charted in Microsoft Excel and results were summarised using a descriptive analytical method. Results. Seventy-five articles were included. A high prevalence of past HBV and HAV infections were observed through serosurveys, mostly in high income countries or high-middle income countries (USA, Canada, France, Iran or Brazil). Nine outbreaks of HAV infection were also reported, with lethality rates ranging from 0-4.8%. The studies discussed numerous risk factors positively associated with HBV infection, including older age, homosexual or bisexual practice, injected drug use (IDU), and, with HAV infection including IDU, having sexual partner(s) with a history of unspecified hepatitis, insertive anal penetration, or originating from a country with a high prevalence of anti-HAV antibody. Eleven outbreaks of pneumococcal infection affecting homeless persons were reported in Canada and USA, with lethality rates from 0-15.6%. Five diphtheria outbreaks were reported. Vaccination status was rarely documented in these studies. Conclusions. The literature suggests that homeless populations generally experience a higher VPD burden and lower immunisation rates. The findings suggest the need for a national vaccination programme and planning for delivering vaccines in this population.

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“…Nineteen articles on HAV conducted among PEH fulfilled the eligibility criteria [34,38,39,[58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73]. Overall, 12,336 individuals were enrolled between 1991 and 2019.…”

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confidence: 99%