Causes and countermeasures for repeated outbreaks of hepatitis A among adults in Korea.
Catch-up
Epidemiology
Hepatitis A virus
Immunization
Outbreak
Public health
Journal
Epidemiology and health
ISSN: 2092-7193
Titre abrégé: Epidemiol Health
Pays: Korea (South)
ID NLM: 101519472
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
21
08
2019
accepted:
22
09
2019
entrez:
13
11
2019
pubmed:
13
11
2019
medline:
26
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The 2019 hepatitis A outbreak has become increasingly prevalent among adults in Korea and is the largest outbreak since that in 2009-2010. The incidence in the current outbreak is highest among adults aged 35-44 years, corresponding to the peak incidence among those aged 25-34 years 10 years ago. This may indicate a cohort effect in the corresponding age group. Causes of these repeated outbreaks of hepatitis A in Korea are low level of immunity among adults, Korean food culture that consumes raw seafood such as salted clam and inadequate public health system. Among countermeasures, along with general infectious disease control measures including control of the infectious agent, infection spread, and host, urgent actions are needed to review the vaccination policy and establish an adequate public health system.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31715685
pii: epih.e2019038
doi: 10.4178/epih.e2019038
pmc: PMC6883026
doi:
Substances chimiques
Hepatitis A Vaccines
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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