title: [Clinico-epidemiologic characteristics of infectious hepatitis in a populated area where hepatitis had not been reported for a long time].
abstract: The analysis of the clinico-epidemiological characteristic of infectious hepatitis in a populated area in the Kashkadarya region of the Uzbek SSR, where the cases of infectious hepatitis were not formerly registered for a long time, is presented. The epidemic process was found to take and intensive course with the formation of a large number of foci with 2 or more patients, an in the age groups of 20-29, 40 years and older a comparatively high morbidity rate, exceeding that among the total population 2-3 times, was registered. A low proportion of patients under 14 years (21.1%) was probably due to the planned preventive gamma globulin immunization carried out in this area.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D014610:Uzbekistan; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D005719:gamma-Globulins
vernacular_title: Kliniko-épidemiologicheskaia kharakteristika infektsionnogo gepatita v naselennom punkte, gde zabolevaniia gepatitom dlitel'no ne registrirovalis'.