title: [Clinico-epidemiologic study on 1258 cases of viral hepatitis admitted to Piedmont hospitals 1977-1979].
abstract: A clinical and epidemiological assessment of 1258 hospital patients in Piedmont in 1977-1979 showed that, at present, the frequency of hepatitis A and B can be regarded as virtually the same, that males are more frequently affected, that AVH A is more frequent in early life, whereas AVH B is significantly more common later, that urban areas are more frequently stricken than rural areas, that AVH A is more common in persons living in groups, whereas AVH B is more frequent among pensioners and the unemployed (the latter being primarily drug-addicts). Patients with AVH A, and hence a minor hepatitic involvement, had shorter hospital stays, while the immune response in both types of hepatitis is characterized by a more frequent increase in gamma-globulins, coupled with arise in IgM levels.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000453:epidemiology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy; D007902:Length of Stay; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D012424:Rural Population; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: Indagine clinico-epidemiologica su 1258 casi di epatite virale, ricoverati in Piemonte negli anni 1977-79.