[Retroprospective clinical epidemiological research on two samples of patients suffering from viral hepatitis A, assisted in specified services of Suceava and Botoşani counties, between 1996 and 2007].

Unlabelled: Nowadays, researchers from various fields of study and geographical regions continue to pay attention to viral hepatitis A. Due to a resistant virus, with predominant enteral transmission, with endemic epidemic manifestations and a remarkable clinical polymorphism, affecting children especially, hepatitis A does not chronicize, but, in adults, it is responsible for forms with prolonged evolution and severe, sometimes.

Material And Methods: Results of clinical epidemiological and laboratory studies carried on a sample of 10321 patients suffering from hepatitis A, from two lots: 5530, Suceava; 4791, Botosani; 5400, males; 4921 females; age from < 1 to = 55.

Results: In Suceava County, the hepatitis A incidence had epidemic values in 1996 (229%000) and 1997 (224%000). The most affected age groups, with hospitalized clinical forms, were 5-14 (42.3%) and 15-24 (24.9%). In Botosani County, epidemic peaks registered in 1999 (213%000), and inter-epidemic in the other years. The most affected age group was of 5-14, with 48.9% from all the admitted cases, but 52% from all cases belonged to age groups over 25.