Epidemiology of viral hepatitis in Mexico

The main etiology of liver disease in Mexico is alcohol and viral hepatitis. The aim of the present study was to analyze the current epidemiology of viral hepatitis in Mexico. From 2000 to 2007 the Ministry of Health reported 192 588 cases of hepatitis, 79% HAV, 3.3% HBV, 6% HCV, and 12% without a s...

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Published in:Salud pública de México 2011, Vol.53 Suppl 1, p.S37-S45
Main Authors: Panduro, Arturo, Escobedo Meléndez, Griselda, Fierro, Nora A, Ruiz Madrigal, Bertha, Zepeda-Carrillo, Eloy Alfonso, Román, Sonia
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Animal Husbandry
Animals
Child
Child, Preschool
Comorbidity
Disease Reservoirs
Endemic Diseases
Female
Health Occupations
Hepatitis, Viral, Human - epidemiology
Hepatitis, Viral, Human - transmission
Humans
Infant
Male
Mexico - epidemiology
Middle Aged
Occupational Diseases - epidemiology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology
Sensitivity and Specificity
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Serologic Tests
Swine - virology
Young Adult
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Summary:The main etiology of liver disease in Mexico is alcohol and viral hepatitis. The aim of the present study was to analyze the current epidemiology of viral hepatitis in Mexico. From 2000 to 2007 the Ministry of Health reported 192 588 cases of hepatitis, 79% HAV, 3.3% HBV, 6% HCV, and 12% without a specific etiologic factor. Due to high endemic areas for HBV infection in native Mexican population, limitations in the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of the serological immunoassays used to date and presence of occult hepatitis B in the country, the real prevalence of HBV infection could be even higher than HCV in Mexico. Hepatitis E virus in cirrhotic patients and in porcine farms could at least partially explain the cases of hepatitis that are diagnosed without a specific etiologic agent. Specific strategies to establish control regulations against viral hepatitis infections in Mexico are proposed.
ISSN:1606-7916