Séroprévalence et facteurs de risque de l’hépatite virale A, Tlemcen, Algérie

Smahi, M; Rahmoun, L; Ghomari, Souhila; Benmansour, Safia; Sendani, H; Bendeddouche, A S; Gendrel, D.

doi:10.1016/s0929-693x(09)74175-2

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“…Patients come into contact with the virus before the age of 10. No symptoms are found in 95% of cases while icteric cases are mostly encountered among infants and young children 26,27,28…”

Section: Hepatitis a Virus (Hav) Infectionmentioning

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Viral hepatitis A to E in South Mediterranean Countries

Kamal¹,

Mahmoud²,

Hafez³

et al. 2010

Medit J Hematol Infect Dis

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Viral hepatitis represents an important health problem in the South Mediterranean countries, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. Emerging natural history and epidemiological information reveal differences in the overall epidemiology, risk factors and modes of transmission of viral hepatitis A, B, C, D, E infections in the South Mediterranean region. The differences in the in incidence and prevalence of viral hepatitis across North African countries is attributed to variations in health care and sanitation standards, risk factors and immunization strategies. The active continuous population movement through travel, tourism and migration from and to the South Mediterranean countries contribute to the spread of infections due to hepatitis viruses across borders leading to outbreaks and emergence of new patterns of infection or introduction of uncommon genotypes in other countries, particularly in Europe.

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“…Patients come into contact with the virus before the age of 10. No symptoms are found in 95% of cases while icteric cases are mostly encountered among infants and young children 26,27,28…”

Section: Hepatitis a Virus (Hav) Infectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Viral hepatitis A to E in South Mediterranean Countries

Kamal¹,

Mahmoud²,

Hafez³

et al. 2010

Medit J Hematol Infect Dis

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Impact of travel on the seroprevalence of hepatitis A in children

Faillon

Martinot

Hau

et al. 2013

Journal of Clinical Virology

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Socioeconomic indicators are strong predictors of hepatitis A seroprevalence rates in the Middle East and North Africa

Köroğlu

Jacobsen

Demiray

et al. 2017

Journal of Infection and Public Health

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The goal of this analysis was to examine the association between age-specific hepatitis A virus (HAV) seroprevalence rates and various socioeconomic indicators within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. We conducted a systematic review of all recently published studies on HAV conducted in the MENA region and identified the highest quality studies for inclusion in our analysis. We calculated the age at midpoint of population immunity (AMPI) for each study and estimated seroprevalence rates at the ages of 5, 10, and 15 years. Next, we identified the correlations between these metrics and several socioeconomic variables. HAV data collected in or after 2000 were available for 14 of the 19 countries in the MENA region. Four of the 14 included countries had intermediate HAV endemicity (Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and UAE), five had high endemicity (Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia), and five had very high endemicity (Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, and Yemen). Water and sanitation were not significant predictors of AMPI or seroprevalence, most likely because most countries in this region have high rates of access to these utilities. However, gross domestic product (GDP), gross national income (GNI), and the human development index (HDI) were all highly associated with AMPI and prevalence. The observed correlations suggest that of the MENA countries without recent HAV data, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar most likely have low endemicity, Oman likely has intermediate endemicity, and Libya likely has high endemicity. While it is unlikely that a single correlation model would be suitable for use in all world regions, the approach utilized in this analysis might provide a simple but accurate method for using economic data to impute the endemicity profiles of countries without recent data in regions where at least several neighboring countries have conducted recent serostudies.

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Séroprévalence et facteurs de risque de l’hépatite virale A, Tlemcen, Algérie

Cited by 6 publications

References 7 publications

Viral hepatitis A to E in South Mediterranean Countries

Viral hepatitis A to E in South Mediterranean Countries

Impact of travel on the seroprevalence of hepatitis A in children

Socioeconomic indicators are strong predictors of hepatitis A seroprevalence rates in the Middle East and North Africa

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