Open AccessCOMPARISON OF TRIP CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH TRAVEL-ACQUIRED HEPATITIS A INFECTION
Author(s) -
Cathy Gosselin,
Gaston De Serres,
Isabelle Rouleau,
Bernard Duval,
Ramak Shadmani,
Monika Naus,
Brian J. Ward
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/01.inf.0000246852.21859.92
Subject(s) - medicine , public health interventions , latin americans , hepatitis a , pediatrics , psychological intervention , travel medicine , demography , el niño , public health , hepatitis , environmental health , virology , pathology , philosophy , linguistics , psychiatry , sociology
We compared the trip characteristics of 84 child and 99 adult cases with travel-acquired hepatitis A (HA). Most pediatric cases had traveled in Asia for more than 30 days and had stayed and eaten most of their meals in the homes of friends and relatives in a country where they had not been born. In contrast, the adults with travel-acquired HA had visited Latin America or the Caribbean for 14 days or less and had stayed primarily in hotels. Specific public health interventions should be undertaken to prevent HA in traveling children.