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1: Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 1994 Sep;23(3):437-55.Links

The epidemiology of viral hepatitis in the United States.

Alter MJ, Mast EE.

Hepatitis Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia.

Hepatitis types A, B, and C are the most important forms of viral hepatitis in the Unites States. High-risk sexual and drug use behavior have been associated with epidemics of hepatitis A and endemic transmission of both hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Immune globulin preparations and vaccines have been developed that effectively prevent hepatitis A and hepatitis B. In the absence of such preventive measures, the prevention of hepatitis C will depend on a better understanding of the host and environmental factors that facilitate transmission of this disease.

PMID: 7989088 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]