Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.37797/ig.41.4.5

Imported Case of Hepatitis A from Burkina Faso - a Case Report

Snježana Židovec Lepej ; University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Croatia
Ivana Grgić ; University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Vargović ; University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Croatia
Tomislava Skuhala orcid.org/0000-0003-0129-1519 ; University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Croatia; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

We describe a clinical case of hepatitis A in a young women with type I diabetes infected with genotype IB of hepatitis A virus (HAV) from Burkina Faso. The case confirms the importance of strict adherence to the recommendations by professional associations and institutions regarding vaccination of the travellers.

Keywords

hepatitis A virus; diabetes type I; imported case

Hrčak ID:

284368

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/284368

Publication date:

28.10.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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