Vaccination of Hepatitis A; To Do or Not to Do?

Seyed Farshad Allameh; Morteza Daraie; Reza Taslimi; Nader Roshan; Najmeh Aletaha; Mohsen Nasiri Toosi

doi:10.15171/mejdd.2017.83

Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases (Oct 2017)

Vaccination of Hepatitis A; To Do or Not to Do?

Seyed Farshad Allameh,
Morteza Daraie,
Reza Taslimi,
Nader Roshan,
Najmeh Aletaha,
Mohsen Nasiri Toosi

Affiliations

Seyed Farshad Allameh: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Gastrointestinal Ward, Imam Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Morteza Daraie: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Gastrointestinal Ward, Imam Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Reza Taslimi: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Gastrointestinal Ward, Imam Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Nader Roshan: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Gastrointestinal Ward, Imam Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Najmeh Aletaha: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Gastrointestinal Ward, Imam Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Mohsen Nasiri Toosi: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Gastrointestinal Ward, Imam Hospital, Tehran, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15171/mejdd.2017.83
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 4
pp. 246 – 247

Abstract

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This letter was written because of the high incidence of acute hepatitis A in our hospital in this period of time. In December 2016 and January 2017, eight patients with acute hepatitis A were admitted to Gastroenterology Ward of Imam Hospital. Some of them had acute liver failure and fulminant hepatitis.

Published in Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases

ISSN: 2008-5230 (Print); 2008-5249 (Online)
Publisher: Iranian Association of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: http://www.mejdd.org/

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