%0 Journal Article
%T Seroprevalencia del virus de la hepatitis A en ni£¿os de 1 a 15 a£¿os en un hospital universitario
%A Ospina
%A Sigifredo
%A Becerra
%A Mar¨ªa Gabriela
%A Aguirre
%A Carlos
%A Mari£¿o
%A Ana Cristina
%A Galvis
%A Clara Esperanza
%A Villarreal
%A Mar¨ªa In¨¦s
%A De la Hoz
%A Fernando
%A M¨¦ndez
%A Hernando
%A Sierra
%A Alexandra
%A L¨®pez
%A P¨ªo
%A P¨¦rez
%A Jorge
%A Niederbacher
%A Jurg
%A Espinal
%A Carlos
%A Mojica
%A Alejandro
%J Infectio
%D 2011
%I Asociacion Colombiana de Infectologia
%X introduction: hepatitis a is an infectious disease caused by a non-encapsulated rna virus of the picornaviridae family, classified as hepatovirus. it is transmitted by a fecal-oral route, either from person to person or in common source epidemics. objective: the aim of this study was to estimate the seroprevalence of igg antibodies against the hepatitis a virus in children aged 1-15 years, treated in a university hospital as part of a national collaborative study. methods: a descriptive study was performed between june and november 2007. the antibody titers were detected by means of a microparticle capture enzyme immunoassay. a survey to identify risk factors was conducted for each participant, with additional variables under study. results: we studied 422 children. the overall prevalence of antibodies against hepatitis a was 29.1%, with 37.1% in the group of 5 to 9 years of age, 36.1% for 10 to 15, and 13.8% for 1 to 4. the highest proportion of antibody prevalence was found in children of the lowest socioeconomic status, 44.2% for the stratum 1 and 27.9% for the stratum 2. conclusion: the seroprevalence to hepatitis a virus was lower in children with less than five years of age, which is an indication of a transition of the epidemiological profile to an intermediate one. the prevalence was higher in children of low socioeconomic levels, which may be related to overcrowding and poor hygiene practices
%K hepatitis a
%K seroprevalence
%K igg antibodies.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0123-93922011000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en