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T Johnstone

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Notified viral hepatitis in New Zealand.

23 760 cases of hepatitis A and 1042 cases of hepatitis B notified in New Zealand between 1971-1978 were analysed by health district, age and sex. There appear to be important regional differences, and statistics will be incomplete until specific hepatitis B tests are performed in all cases of viral hepatitis, and all cases are notified.

Adolescent

Notified viral hepatitis in Auckland.

One hundred and forty-nine patients notified in Auckland health district as suffering from hepatitis A or B during the period July 1978-June 1979 were investigated by health inspectors. The results were analysed by age, sex, ethnic group, potential source of infection and immunoglobulin prophylaxis of the contacts, and have increased the understanding of the epidemiology of these types of viral hepatitis in Auckland.

Adolescent