title: [Course of acute hepatitis B in children].
abstract: This study presents the course of acute hepatitis B in 77 children. It has been recorded that the course of HBV infections in children is most often mild, and in children younger than 2 years of age it is usually inapparent. The most frequent markers of the infection are antigens HBs and HBe. ALAT in all children normalized 2 months at the longest, after the hospitalization had ended. The most considerable danger of carrier-state exists in children not older than 2 years of age; an increased danger of becoming a carrier exists during the time of pubescence. The main cause of HBV infections is hospital stay. There emerges a necessity of routine marking the HBs antigen in hospitalized children.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Obserwacyjno-Zakaźny VII Wojewódzkiego Specjalistycznego Szpitala Dzieciecego im Władysława Buszkowskiego w Kielcach.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mierzejewska-Rudnicka
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sala
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D002353:Carrier State; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens
vernacular_title: Przebieg ostrego wirusowego zapalenia watroby typu B u dzieci.