Open AccessA hospital-based retrospective study on frequency and distribution of viral Hepatitis
Author(s) -
Jimmy Antony,
TM Celine
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-777x.138499
Subject(s) - viral hepatitis , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , hepatitis , hepatitis e virus , hepatitis a , retrospective cohort study , hepatitis c virus , hepatitis e , hepatitis c , hepatitis b , hepatitis b virus , virus , virology , immunology , pediatrics , biology , genotype , biochemistry , electrical engineering , engineering , gene
Viral hepatitis is a major public health problem throughout the world. It is the inflammation of the liver due to the infection of any of the five main hepatic viruses A to E and it affects the liver through different modes of transmission. This study mainly aims at the frequency and distribution of viral hepatitis based on age and sex during a time period of 5 years.