Acute Viral Hepatitis in the United States–Mexico Border Region: Data from the Border Infectious Disease Surveillance (BIDS) Project, 2000–2009

Spradling, Philip R.; Xing, Jian; Phippard, Alba; Fonseca-Ford, Maureen; Montiel, Sonia; Guzmán, Norma Luna; Campuzano, Roberto Vázquez; Vaughan, Gilberto; Xia, Guo-liang; Drobeniuc, Jan; Kamili, Saleem; Cortés-Alcalá, Ricardo; Waterman, Stephen H.

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Acute Viral Hepatitis in the United States–Mexico Border Region: Data from the Border Infectious Disease Surveillance (BIDS) Project, 2000–2009

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By Spradling, Philip R. ; Xing, Jian ; Phippard, Alba ; ...

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Alternative Title:

J Immigr Minor Health
Personal Author:

Spradling, Philip R. ; Xing, Jian ; Phippard, Alba ; Fonseca-Ford, Maureen ; Montiel, Sonia ; Guzmán, Norma Luna ; Campuzano, Roberto Vázquez ; Vaughan, Gilberto ; Xia, Guo-liang ; Drobeniuc, Jan ; Kamili, Saleem ; Cortés-Alcalá, Ricardo ; Waterman, Stephen H.
Corporate Authors:

BIDS Investigators
Description:

Little is known about the characteristics of acute viral hepatitis cases in the United States (US)-Mexico border region. We analyzed characteristics of acute viral hepatitis cases collected from the Border Infectious Disease Surveillance Project from January 2000-December 2009. Over the study period, 1,437 acute hepatitis A, 311 acute hepatitis B, and 362 acute hepatitis C cases were reported from 5 Mexico and 2 US sites. Mexican hepatitis A cases most frequently reported close personal contact with a known case, whereas, US cases most often reported cross-border travel. Injection drug use was common among Mexican and US acute hepatitis B and C cases. Cross-border travel during the incubation period was common among acute viral hepatitis cases in both countries. Assiduous adherence to vaccination and prevention guidelines in the US is needed and strategic implementation of hepatitis vaccination and prevention programs south of the border should be considered.
Subjects:

Acute Disease Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Child Child, Preschool Female Hepatitis, Viral, Human Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Mexico Middle Aged Population Surveillance Travel United States Young Adult
Keywords:

Acute Viral Hepatitis Border Chlorination Household Water Treatment Safe Water Storage Surveillance
Source:

J Immigr Minor Health. 15(2):390-397
Pubmed ID:

22447176
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6515900
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
Volume:

15
Issue:

2
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CDC Public Access
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