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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus infection in rural and urban populations, Tunisia
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Volume 18, No. 5, Year 2012
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Description
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is one of the leading agents of acute hepatitis. This study investigated the prevalence and risk factors of HEV infection in the Tunisian adult general population, either in blood donors (n=687) or in patients hospitalized for acute hepatitis (n=202). The mode of transmission differed between these two populations: contact with animals and living in a rural habitat were the main risk factors for being in contact with HEV in asymptomatic blood donors, while HEV was contracted through contaminated water in symptomatic cases. HEV seroprevalence in adult blood donors in Tunisia was relatively low (5.4%) and increased with age. © 2012 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
Authors & Co-Authors
Houcine, Neffati
Tunisia, Monastir
Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir
France, Lyon
Chu de Lyon
Jacques, Ritter
France, Lyon
Chu de Lyon
France, Villeurbanne
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Salma, Feki
Tunisia, Tunis
National Blood Transfusion Center
Anne-Gaëlle, Dron
France, Lyon
Chu de Lyon
France, Villeurbanne
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
France, Paris
Inserm
Amin, Slim
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar, Hôpital Charles Nicolle
Mohsen, Hassine
Tunisia, Monastir
Chu Fattouma-bourguiba
Hamadi, Braham
Tunisia
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Taher Sfar
Christophe, Ramiere
France, Villeurbanne
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
France, Paris
Inserm
Patrice, Andre
France, Lyon
Chu de Lyon
France, Villeurbanne
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
France, Paris
Inserm
Aouni, Mahjoub
Tunisia, Monastir
Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir
Scholtes, Caroline
France, Lyon
Chu de Lyon
France, Villeurbanne
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
France, Paris
Inserm
Statistics
Citations: 22
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03793.x
ISSN:
1198743X
e-ISSN:
14690691
Research Areas
Environmental
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Tunisia