hepatitis a virus vaccination in iranian soldiers needs more attention

Hepatitis A virus vaccination in Iranian soldiers needs more attention

I read with interest the recent published article (1) in your esteemed journal. The Presented data regarding the prevalence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection in this paper was very interesting. However, I would like to highlight some points for more clarification of the issue. The prevalence of HAV infection differs in various parts of the world based on the geographic area, sanitary conditi...

seroepidemiology of hepatitis a virus in iranian soldiers in 2006: do they need vaccination?

Seroprevalence of hepatitis A virus among Iranian soldiers

AIM This study aims to investigate the seroprevalence of HAV immunity among Iranian soldiers and determine whether vaccination should be given to military draftees. BACKGROUND Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is highly contagious in individuals living in crowded conditions such as military centers. To the best of our knowledge, there are limited data about HAV prevalence among Iranian soldiers. PATI...

Hepatitis A Virus Infection, Vaccination and Iranian Healthcare Workers

CONTEXT Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is an important public health problem. It is estimated that about 1.4 million cases of HAV infection occur every year worldwide. Non-immune healthcare workers (HCWs) can be at higher risk of HAV infection in comparison to general population and an appropriate preventive method should be considered for them. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION For finding related art...

Occult hepatitis B in high-risk patients needs more attention.

I read with interest the recently published article by Ramezani et al. [1] in your journal. The issue is important but all the aspects and clinical importance of the study are not clear. According to an international workshop on occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) in 2008 [2], OBI is defined as the presence of HBV DNA in the liver (with detectable or undetectable HBV DNA in the serum) of i...

seroprevalence of hepatitis a virus among iranian soldiers

background: hepatitis a virus (hav) is highly contagious in individuals living in crowded conditions such as military centers. objectives : this study try to investigate the seroprevalence of hav immunity among iranian soldiers and determine whether vaccination should be used for military draftees. patients and methods: in this cross-sectional study, a total of 1554 soldiers were recruited thro...