Laboratory Testing for Hepatitis A and E

Incidence of Acute Hepatitis A by Age

September 2008

We also see that in the last 15 years, the incidence of acute Hepatitis A is highest at the adolescent and early young adult age group, indicated by the dotted lines and long dash lines. In all age groups that have been surveyed and monitored closely, the incidence has decreased at the same rates for all five age groups indicated here in the last 10 years.

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• Introduction
• Patient Case
• Geographic Distribution of Hepatitis A Virus Infection
• Hepatitis A Epidemiology
• Hepatitis A Virus Infection Typical Serologic Course
• Hepatitis A Diagnosis
• Assay Methods for HAV Serologic Markers
• Patient Case
• Interpretation of HAV Serologic Marker Test Results
• Patient Case
• Incidence of Acute Hepatitis A by Year
• Incidence of Acute Hepatitis A by Age
• Trends in Epidemiologic Characteristics
• Incidence of Acute Hepatitis A by Race/Ethnicity
• Geographic Distribution of Hepatitis E
• Hepatitis E Epidemiology
• Hepatitis E Virus Infection
• Hepatitis E Diagnosis
• Summary Hepatitis A
• Summary Hepatitis E
• Questions?
• Disclosure