Title of article :
Hepatitis A Prevention Strategies, Haiti Case: Should Rescuers Be Immunized
Author/Authors :
Ghorbani, GhA Baqyiatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran - Department of Infectious Disease - Baqiyatollah Research Center for Gastrroenterology and Liver Disease , Mahboobi, N Baqyiatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran - Department of Infectious Disease - Baqiyatollah Research Center for Gastrroenterology and Liver Disease , Lankarani, KB Baqyiatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran - Department of Infectious Disease - Baqiyatollah Research Center for Gastrroenterology and Liver Disease , Alavian, SM Baqyiatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran - Department of Infectious Disease - Baqiyatollah Research Center for Gastrroenterology and Liver Disease
Abstract :
Hepatitis A virus (HAV), a small non-enveloped RNA virus from Picornaviridea family, causes approximately 1.5 million cases of acute hepatitis each year, and is still a major world health problem especially in developing countries.
As the risk of getting infected by HAV increases at the time of crisis such as earthquakes, we tried to perform a brief review on current situation of HAV in Haiti, a country that experienced an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale recently, and that it might be in danger of experiencing outbreaks of enterically transmittable
infective agents such as HAV.
Keywords :
Hepatitis A , Haiti , Crisis , Prevention
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
