Hepatitis A virus seroprevalence in South Africa - Estimates using routine laboratory data, 2005-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

South Africa is considered highly endemic for hepatitis A virus (HAV) although few seroprevalence studies have been conducted over the past two decades. The World Health Organization recommends integrating HAV vaccination into national childhood immunization schedules where there is transition from high to intermediate endemicity. As a means of gauging age-specific rates of infection, we report HAV seroprevalence rates among specimens tested for HAV serology within South Africa's public health sector from 2005-2015.

Materials and methods

Hepatitis A serology results (Anti-HAV IgM, IgG and total antibody) from 2005-2015 were extracted from South Africa's National Health Laboratory Service's Corporate Data Warehouse (NHLS CDW), the central data repository of all l

SUBMITTER: Haeri Mazanderani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6594585 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature