| 급성 A형 간염 |
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조유경 |
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제주대학교 의학전문대학원 내과학교실 |
| Acute hepatitis A |
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Yoo-Kyung Cho |
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Department of Internal Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea |
Correspondence:
Yoo-Kyung Cho, Email: choyk1120@hanmail.net
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| Abstract |
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Acute hepatitis A (AHA) infection is the common cause of acute hepatitis in Korea. The incidence of symptomatic AHA has rapidly increased for the last several years especially among young adults in their twenties or thirties. Because decline seroprevalence of anti HAV with improvement of environmental hygiene. AHA shows more severe clinical manifestations with advancing years. Not only vaccination for the high risk group, also universal childhood vaccination and catch-up vaccination for young adults should be considered. |
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