Acute viral hepatitis - Should the current screening strategy be modified?

Heli Harvala; Vincent Wong; Peter Simmonds; Ingolfur Johannessen; Sandeep Ramalingam

doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2014.01.001

Acute viral hepatitis - Should the current screening strategy be modified?

Heli Harvala, Vincent Wong, Peter Simmonds, Ingolfur Johannessen, Sandeep Ramalingam

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The epidemiology of viral hepatitis has changed. Since the introduction of safe and effective vaccines for hepatitis A and B in 1980s, the incidence of acute infections caused by these viruses has been declining in the UK. At the same time, hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been recognised as an increasingly important cause of acute hepatitis, but testing is not widely available.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	184-187
Journal	Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume	59
Issue number	3
Early online date	13 Jan 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2014.01.001
Publication status	Published - 13 Jan 2014

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