2012-01-25Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000015
Comparative hepatitis A seroepidemiology in 10 European countries
Kurkela, S.
Pebody, Richard
Kafatos, G.
Andrews, Nick
Barbara, C.
Bruzzone, B.
Butur, D.
Caplinskas, S.
Davidkin, I.
Hatzakis, Angelos
Hellenbrand, Wiebke
Hesketh, L. M.
Nardone, A.
Nemecek, V.
Pistol, A.
Sobotová, Z.
Vranckx, R.
Anastassopoulou, C. G.
The WHO recommends hepatitis A virus (HAV) immunization according to level of transmission and disease burden. We aimed to identify susceptible age groups by standardized serosurveys to inform HAV vaccination policy in participating countries: Belgium, Czech Republic, England, Finland, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Romania, and Slovakia. Each country tested national serum banks (n = 1854-6748), collected during 1996-2004, for anti-HAV antibodies. Local laboratory results were standardized to common units. Forty-one per cent of those aged
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