[Acute Hepatitis A in patients with febrile illness in a hospital in the northern region of Peru].

نویسندگان

  • Heber Silva-Díaz
  • Tatiana D Chávez-Orosco
  • Katya M Mera-Villasis
  • Franklin R Aguilar-Gamboa
  • Mayra Y Valderrama-Ayén
چکیده

Sr. Editor. Hemos leído con interés el estudio publicado en el número anterior de la revista, referido a la frecuencia de hepatitis A en niños y adolescentes de cinco ciudades del Perú (1). El artículo es interesante e importante por cuanto actualiza el estado de la seroprevalencia y los patrones de endemicidad en varias regiones del Perú. Sin embargo, aún se desconoce la frecuencia actual de morbilidad asociada con hepatitis A aguda, en un contexto posterior a la introducción de una vacuna efectiva. En áreas con alta endemicidad la infección es asintomática, pero en aquellas con endemicidad intermedia la morbilidad se incrementa con síntomas debilitantes y hepatitis fulminante que se asocia con una alta mortalidad (2), razón por la cual en la presente comunicación se desea compartir los resultados de un estudio sobre la frecuencia de hepatitis A aguda en pacientes con síndrome febril admitidos un hospital del norte del Perú.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publica

دوره 33 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016