Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Abstract

3/2016 vol. 2
Original paper

Acute hepatitis A virus infection in patients hospitalised at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Lublin (Eastern Poland) in the years 2009-2015

Joanna M. Krzowska-Firych
,
Georgia Lucas
,
Christiana Lucas
,
Marcin Łukowski
,
Dawid Maciak
,
Krzysztof Tomasiewicz
Clinical and Experimental HEPATOLOGY 2016; 3: 112-116
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ceh.2016.62525
Online publish date: 2016/09/26
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The aim of our study was to analyse all medical records from the years 2009-2015 for adult patients with acute hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection who were hospitalised at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Lublin (Eastern Poland). During this 7-year study, there were only 5 hospitalised patients with confirmed HAV infection. In the study group 4 out of 5 patients had travelled to HAV-endemic areas (Egypt, Ukraine), and 3 of the hepatitis A cases were imported from Egypt. Our data indicate that during the past 7-year period most HAV patients hospitalised at the Department of Infectious Diseases in Lublin were due to travel.

Keywords

hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection, epidemiology, Eastern Poland, travellers

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