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To the Editor: Vento et al. (Jan. 29 issue)¹ reported 27 cases of acute hepatitis A among 595 patients with chronic liver disease who were positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or hepatitis C virus (HCV). Of the 17 patients with acute viral hepatitis A and chronic HCV infection, fulminant liver failure developed in 7, and 6 of them died.

This surprisingly high fatality rate conflicts with data from the specific surveillance system of acute viral hepatitis (SEIEVA) established in Italy in 1985.² Since 1993, approximately 50 percent of the Italian population, uniformly distributed throughout the country, has been . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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