title: Sporadic acute viral hepatitis A, B and non-A non-B. A prospective study of 150 consecutive cases in São Paulo, Brazil.
abstract: In a consecutive series of 150 patients with acute viral hepatitis in São Paulo, Brazil, without previous selection as to age group, 57.3% of patients were 1 to 10 years old, and only 20.7% were 21 or over. Serological analysis of hepatitis A and hepatitis B markers revealed that 82% of patients had hepatitis A, 12.0% hepatitis B and only 6% non-A non-B. Considering only the adult patients (21 years or over), hepatitis B represented 54.8% of cases and hepatitis A and non-A non-B hepatitis, 22.5% each.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000453:epidemiology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011446:Prospective Studies