Open AccessRetrospective analysis of the incidence of viral hepatitis A in the republic of Crimea
Author(s) -
М. В. Горовенко,
I. Z Karimov,
N. A. Penkovskaya,
N. G Los-Yatsenko,
A. S Midikari,
Olga Tkachuk
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
èpidemiologiâ i infekcionnye bolezni
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2411-3026
pISSN - 1560-9529
DOI - 10.17816/eid40891
Subject(s) - viral hepatitis , peninsula , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , population , hepatitis , public health , geography , hepatitis a , medicine , environmental health , demography , virology , pathology , sociology , physics , optics , archaeology
Viral hepatitis A is the most widespread form of acute viral hepatitis in the world and one of the most important medico-social problems of public health care. The existing ecologic problems of the Crimea demand more careful studying of regularities of epidemic process of hepatitis A on the peninsula to provide epidemiological well-being of the population and visitors. Retrospective epidemiologic analysis of long-term and annual dynamic of viral hepatitis A incidence in Crimea Republic in 2005-2014 had been carried out on the basis of statistical data of Interregional Department of Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. It is revealed that The prevalence of adults in structure ofpatients, leveling ofperiodicity and expressed tendency to reducing of morbidity were revealed to be features of hepatitis A on the peninsula.