Viral Hepatitis in Yugoslavia — With Special Review of the Situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the New Discoveries Regarding This Disease
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During the last ten years the average occurrence in Yugoslavia was more than 120 people to 100.000 inhabitants. Within the past four years the number of cases of this disease has been declining.
Lethality rate for hepatitis A has been below 0,1%, while for hepatitis B it has been somewhat above 0,4%.
Major transmission factors of hepatitis A have been contacts made at home or at school, consumption of contaminated water or food, low degree of personal hygiene and undeveloped habit of washing hands.
Out of 373 blood samples taken by random technique, 73,19% was found to be the Anti-HAV positive people.
Viral hepatitis B and the number of the healthy carriers of HBsAG has been increasing lately.
It is considered that 20% to 30% of all types of hepatitis (A, B, Non-differentiated) belong to the group of non-differentiated ones.
Our studies of 3.631 healthy persons proves that there is 1,24% of HBsAG healthy carriers in the Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina.
This paper treats the issue of new discoveries on hepatitis C, D and E, the epidemiological characteristics of these diseases, as well as diagnostic methods and control measures against the above stated types of hepatitis.
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