传染病学：病毒性肝炎Viral Hepatitis.pptVIP

* [SLIDE 17, SLIDE 18] Global Patterns of Hepatitis A Virus Transmission, Geographic Distribution of HAV Infection* Worldwide, four different patterns of HAV transmission can be defined on the basis of age-specific seroprevalence data. In general, these transmission patterns correlate with socioeconomic and hygienic conditions. In many developing countries where environmental sanitation generally is poor, nearly all children 9 years of age have evidence of prior HAV infection. In these areas, distinct outbreaks rarely occur and clinical disease related to HAV infection is uncommon. As hyg