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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 14, 2021; 27(26): 4018-4044
Published online Jul 14, 2021. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i26.4018
Published online Jul 14, 2021. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i26.4018
Hepatitis A virus | |
1 | The risk of HAV infection is associated with the lack of safe water and poor and sanitation |
2 | Due to the vaccine introduction in childhood, young adults are becoming more susceptible to HAV infections |
3 | In countries where waterborne transmission is rare, outbreaks occur among men who have sex with men, injecting drug users and contaminated food |
4 | Since molecular detection is not routinely performed for diagnosis, surveillance programs, including viral amplification and sequencing, are needed to know the strains that circulate in a certain place |
5 | One of the greatest challenges for HAV is to increase vaccination coverage globally, still implementing the single-dose schedule, to decrease the new infections, and, in the long term, to achieve its eradication |
- Citation: Pisano MB, Giadans CG, Flichman DM, Ré VE, Preciado MV, Valva P. Viral hepatitis update: Progress and perspectives . World J Gastroenterol 2021; 27(26): 4018-4044
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v27/i26/4018.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v27.i26.4018