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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 11, 1979 - Issue 4
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Hepatitis A Antibodies in Finland

Pentti Ukkonen Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Ralf Pettersson Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
&
Pekka Halonen Department of Virology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Pages 311-312 | Published online: 02 Jan 2015
 
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Abstract

Serum specimens from 191 Finnish adults were tested for antibodies to hepatitis A virus (anti-HAV). The frequency of anti-HAV increased from 8% in the age group of 20–29 years to 92% in those older than 60 years. The level of 50% was reached between 40 and 50 years.

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