Hepatitis A and E among immigrants and refugees in Central Brazil.
Grazielle Rosa da Costa E SilvaThaynara Lorrane Silva MartinsCarla de Almeida SilvaKarlla Antonieta Amorim CaetanoMegmar Aparecida Dos Santos CarneiroBruno Vinicius Diniz E SilvaLeonora Rezende PachecoLivia Melo VillarVanessa Salete de PaulaRegina Maria Bringel MartinsSheila Araujo TelesPublished in: Revista de saude publica (2022)
The survey detected a high prevalence of anti-HAV and anti-HEV IgG among immigrants and refugees, and active HEV infection among some Haitian participants. Prevention measures are urgently required to interrupt enteric virus transmission in this emergent and vulnerable population.
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