Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunità
Volume 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-18

Epidemiologic multicenter study of the prevalence of hepatitis in hospitalised immigrants in Italy in the year 2002 [Studio epidemiologico multicentrico sulla prevalenza di epatiti virali in immigrati ospedalizzati in Italia nel 2002.] (Article)

Scotto G.* , Saracino A. , Pempinello R. , El Hamad I. , Geraci S. , Palumbo E. , Cibelli D.C. , Angarano G.
  • a SIMIT Società Italiana di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali), Commissione per lo studio delle malattie infettive negli immigrati.
  • b SIMIT Società Italiana di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali), Commissione per lo studio delle malattie infettive negli immigrati.
  • c SIMIT Società Italiana di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali), Commissione per lo studio delle malattie infettive negli immigrati.
  • d SIMIT Società Italiana di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali), Commissione per lo studio delle malattie infettive negli immigrati.
  • e SIMIT Società Italiana di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali), Commissione per lo studio delle malattie infettive negli immigrati.
  • f SIMIT Società Italiana di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali), Commissione per lo studio delle malattie infettive negli immigrati.
  • g SIMIT Società Italiana di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali), Commissione per lo studio delle malattie infettive negli immigrati.
  • h SIMIT Società Italiana di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali), Commissione per lo studio delle malattie infettive negli immigrati.

Abstract

AIM: To retrospectively evaluate the prevalence of hepatitis in immigrant patients hospitalised in 48 Italian Operative Unit of Infectious Diseases during 2002. METHODS AND PATIENTS: in our study we included the clinical data of 2255 immigrated patients hospitalised, during the period between 01/01/2002-31/12/2002, in ordinary admission or in Day Hospital in Infectious Diseases O.U. and we have evaluated the prevalence of hepatitis in this population. RESULTS: 282 patients affected by hepatitis has been evidenced (12.5% of total hospitalised patients). The prevalent form was HBV-related (41.6% in chronic forms and 48.4% in acute), while the rate for HCV were less (37.5% in chronic and 3% in acute). The most part of patient were men (59.6%), with a mean age of 34.2 years and come from east-European countries (34.39%). CONCLUSION: Viral hepatitis are the third infectious diseases evidenced in immigrated population. HBV-chronic hepatitis is the prevalent form in immigrated patients, as expression of absence of vaccine prophylaxis in many countries. HCV-form was less frequent and it is particularly presents in east-European patients, probably as expression of endogenous drug abuse.

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hospital patient multicenter study clinical trial human middle aged statistics Aged Hepatitis C, Chronic Humans Adolescent male preschool child female Child, Preschool prevalence Article Retrospective Studies adult Hepatitis B, Chronic migration Emigration and Immigration Italy retrospective study hepatitis B Inpatients hepatitis C Child
Link
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ISSN: 11209135
Cited by: 9
Original Language: Italian