Open AccessShellfish consumption and awareness of risk of acquiring hepatitis A among Neapolitan families - Italy 1997
Author(s) -
Giuseppe Salamina,
Paolo D’Argenio
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.03.10.00094-en
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , shellfish , medicine , environmental health , hepatitis , hepatitis a virus , demography , geography , pediatrics , virology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , biology , aquatic animal , optics , physics , virus , sociology
In 1996, about 15% of all reported cases of hepatitis A (n=8651) in Italy were from the Campania region, with Naples reporting the region s highest incidence (34.9/100 000). Almost a half of all cases were between 15 and 24 years of age. In recent years,