Open AccessEPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HEPATITIS A INFECTION IN THE PRE-VACCINATION AND VACCINATION PERIODS
Author(s) -
В. Н. Лошкарева,
В. В. Семериков
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
infekciâ i immunitet
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.137
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2313-7398
pISSN - 2220-7619
DOI - 10.15789/2220-7619-2011-2-135-142
Subject(s) - vaccination , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , hepatitis a , medicine , demography , hepatitis a vaccine , population , hepatitis , russian federation , virology , viral hepatitis , environmental health , immunology , geography , mathematics , geometry , regional science , sociology
. The hepatitis A has important social and economic significance in the Russian Federation now. The analysis of multiyear dynamics of hepatitis A incidence in the regional center — Perm city has been carried out. It was established that vaccination of children against hepatitis A within the different institutions influenced on the intensity of epidemic process. The hepatitis A incidence rates significantly decreased in the vaccinated groups and in the whole population. The typical seasonal distribution of cases and their clustering became less manifested.