Hepatitis E virus infection in eastern India

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作者
Bansal, J
He, JK
Yarbough, PO
Sen, S
Constantine, NT
Sen, D
机构
[1] Cell Technol Inc, Jessup, MD 20794 USA
[2] Walter Reed Army Med Ctr, Walter Reed Army Inst Res, Dept Virus Dis, Washington, DC 20307 USA
[3] Genelabs Technol Inc, Redwood City, CA 94063 USA
[4] Sen Med Res Ctr, Patna, Bihar, India
[5] Univ Maryland, Inst Human Virol, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
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10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.258
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Most cases of enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis in India have so far been attributed to hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection. Most of the documented studies of hepatitis have focused on the incidence of this disease in northern, western, and south central India. A small seroprevalence study was conducted in the eastern Indian city of Patna to assess the degree of HEV infection among acute sporadic hepatitis cases. Forty-two percent (24 of 57) of the cases of acute sporadic hepatitis were positive for anti-HEV antibodies. Absence of any serologic markers of hepatitis A, B, or E in 58% (33 of 57) of the cases with symptoms of acute hepatitis suggest that there may be as yet unidentified enterically transmitted viruses in this area.
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