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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Acute non-a, non-b hepatitis in Kuwait
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 19, No. 6, Year 1987
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Description
In a prospective study of acute hepatitis in Kuwait covering the period February 1983 to January 1984, a total of 1781 cases were diagnosed as having an acute viral hepatitis. 1384 (77.7% were found to be due to hepatitis A virus (HAV), 206 (11.5% hepatitis B virus (HBV), 8 (0.4% coinfection with HBV and delta virus (HDV), 8 (0.4% superinfection of HDV on chronic HBsAg carriers and 157 (9% non-A, non-B virus (NANB). 13 cases of CMV and 5 of EBV infections were also diagnosed. NANB viral hepatitis was a disease of young adults (mean age 29 years) with a male-female ratio of 3:1. A high incidence was noted among males from the Indian subcontinent (29.1/100000 of population, compared to 5.4/100000 among local Arabs), the majority of whom gave a history of recent visit to the Indian subcontinent. The clinical features and biochemical findings of acute NANB infection were found to be less severe than those of acute HBV infection and similar to acute HAV infection. Three patients (2.3% with acute NANB virus infection developed chronic hepatitis (all women), and another 3 patients died because of fulminant hepatitis. © 1987 Informa UK Ltd All rights reserved: reproduction in whole or part not permitted.
Authors & Co-Authors
Al-Kandari, Saleh
Kuwait, Safat
Infectious Diseases Hospital Kuwait
Nordenfelt, Erik
Kuwait, Safat
Infectious Diseases Hospital Kuwait
Sweden, Lund
Lunds Universitet
Al-Nakib, Basil M.
Kuwait, Safat
Infectious Diseases Hospital Kuwait
Radakrishnan, Siva
Kuwait, Safat
Infectious Diseases Hospital Kuwait
Al-Nakib, Widad
Kuwait, Safat
Infectious Diseases Hospital Kuwait
United Kingdom, Salisbury
Mrc Common Cold Unit
Statistics
Citations: 13
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3109/00365548709117194
ISSN:
00365548
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Participants Gender
Male
Female