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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Outbreak of acute hepatitis E virus infection among military personnel in northern Ethiopia
Journal of Medical Virology, Volume 34, No. 4, Year 1991
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Description
An outbreak of acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection occurred from October 1988 to March 1989 in military camps in northern Ethiopia. The epidemic was waterborne and entirely confined to military men, of whom 423 hospitalized, icteric patients were studied. The clinical course was mild and short, without any fulminant hepatitis or death. All sera tested for anti‐HAV‐lgM were negative and among 54(13%) patients who were positive for HBsAg, 7(2%) were positive for anti‐HBc IgM. On the other hand, 28 of 30 (93%) patients had antibodies against hepatitis E virus (anti‐HEV) in contrast to 1 of 29 (3%) asymptomatic controls (P< 0.01). The need for an easily available, inexpensive serologic test for HEV infection, protection of water supplies from fecal contamination, adequate chlorination and/or boiling of drinking water, and health education about personal and environmental hygiene, especially in communities at high risk, is emphasized. Copyright © 1991 Wiley‐Liss, Inc., A Wiley Company
Authors & Co-Authors
Tsega, Edemariam
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa University
Canada, Montreal
Mcgill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital
Krawczyński, Krzysztof Z.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hansson, Bengt Göran
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Nordenfelt, Erik
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Negusse, Y.
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa University
Alemu, W.
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Federal Ministry of Health - Ethiopia
Bahru, Y.
Ethiopia
Mekane Hiwot Hospital
Statistics
Citations: 103
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/jmv.1890340407
ISSN:
01466615
e-ISSN:
10969071
Research Areas
Environmental
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Ethiopia
Participants Gender
Male