[Prevalence of hepatitis A markers in families of patients treated at home and in hospitals].

The data on the time-course examinations of 119 family members of 59 adult patients with hepatitis A (HA) treated at home in Moscow and 170 relatives of 82 HA patients admitted to an infectious hospital are presented. The diagnosis for all the patients was verified by the detection in their blood of antibodies to hepatitis A virus (HAV) of the IgM class. Clinical methods of examination were used as well as determinations of anti-HAV of the IgG and IgM classes by enzyme immunoassay.

[Characteristics of the course and outcome of viral hepatitis A in patients treated at home].

As many as 40 adult patients aged 15 to 40 years with virus hepatitis A treated at home were followed up since October 1987 to March 1988 in 6 districts of Moscow. There were 23 women and 17 men. The control group comprised 101 adult patients (46 women and 51 men) admitted to the Clinical Infectious Hospital No.