Recent trends in viral hepatitis among Japanese children.
The prevalence of viral hepatitis in Japan were very high as peak HBsAg positive rate of 2-3% and HBsAb positive rate of 25% of peoples born in the 1930th and 1940th. But recently in Japan hepatitis A has completely eradicated and hepatitis B and C were seldom seen in our pediatric clinics. Many strategies were done beginning from sterilized water service to introduction of HCV-Ab screening system for blood transfusion in 1989. Many efforts had combined to get final success. The historical views of epidemics of viral hepatitis and maneuvers to improve were introduced here.
Koike
M
M
Department of Pediatrics, Wakayama Medical College, Japan.
Kobayashi
M
M
Okuda
S
S
Okuda
M
M
Tanaka
T
T
Naito
Y
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001782:Blood Donors; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged