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[Clinical, virological and epidemiological aspects of acute B hepatitis in the Catania area (Italy)].
Le infezioni in medicina - 1 Sept 2010
Scalia Guido, Russo Raffaela, Palermo Ilenia, Gussio Maria, Bellissimo Francesco, Fatuzzo Filippo, Montineri Arturo, Patamia Ildebrando, Costanzo Maria, Zappala Daniela, Russo Rosario, Cacopardo Bruno
Abstract excerpt
Starting from January 1997 we prospectively evaluated all cases of acute hepatitis B admitted to two of the main Infectious Diseases Units in Catania (eastern Sicily). The survey was extended throughout a 10-year period up to December 2007. Between 1997 and 1999 we observed 21 cases of acute hepatitis B; between 2000 and 2002 18 cases; between 2003 and 2005 22 cases and, finally, 37 cases were reported in the...
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