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. 1982 Feb;57(2):146-8.
doi: 10.1136/adc.57.2.146.

Viral hepatitis in Danish children. Disappearance of an infection from its previous reservoir

P Skinhøj, K K Ibsen, P Kryger

Viral hepatitis in Danish children. Disappearance of an infection from its previous reservoir

P Skinhøj et al. Arch Dis Child. 1982 Feb.

Abstract

Two hundred and eighty-five healthy Danish children aged between 7 and 17 years were studied for hepatitis B antigen and antibodies to hepatitis A and B. A positive response to each of these infections was found in 0.7% of them. During a 5-year period 40 children were admitted to hospital with viral hepatitis, 30 of whom had hepatitis A. Eighty-three per cent of these cases of hepatitis A were secondary to adult cases, or had resulted from foreign travel. Hepatitis A is no longer endemic in Danish children, and morbidity from hepatitis B or non-A non-B is negligible.

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