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M Koike1, M Kobayashi, S Okuda
1Department of Pediatrics, Wakayama Medical College, Japan.
Abstract:
The prevalence of viral hepatitis in Japan were very high as peak HBsAg positive rate of 2-3% and HBsAb positive rate of 25% of peoples born in the 1930th and 1940th. But recently in Japan hepatitis A has completely eradicated and hepatitis B and C were seldom seen in our pediatric clinics. Many strategies were done beginning from sterilized water service to introduction of HCV-Ab screening system for blood transfusion in 1989. Many efforts had combined to get final success. The historical views of epidemics of viral hepatitis and maneuvers to improve were introduced here.
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