Seroprevalence and risk factors of Hepatitis A virus among Palestinian refugees in North Lebanon: A pilot study to inform vaccination and public health policy
Nagham Said, Nourhan Farhat, Dima El Safadi, Sara Khalife · 2026
Read Seroprevalence and risk factors of Hepatitis A virus among Palestinian refugees in North Lebanon: A pilot study to inform vaccination and public health policy by Nagham Said, Nourhan Farhat, Dima El Safadi, Sara Khalife (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13273720.txt.
Description
Nagham Said and co-authors ran a pilot study of hepatitis A among Palestinian refugees in North Lebanon in a 2026 report. Hepatitis A spreads through contaminated food and water and can be prevented by vaccine. Lebanon has seen recent outbreaks, yet refugee data were missing.
They tested 84 refugees attending a hospital in the Al-Baddawi camp between December 2023 and May 2024. Nearly four in five carried antibodies showing past infection or vaccination, while only a small share showed signs of recent infection. People aged sixteen to thirty stood out with higher antibody rates. Reported vaccination coverage was very high, though the authors warn it may not hold across the wider refugee population. They urge sustained vaccination and better surveillance.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Nagham Said, Nourhan Farhat, Dima El Safadi, Sara Khalife |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |