Enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis associated with an outbreak in Dhaka: epidemiology and public health implications.
Investigation of an outbreak of hepatitis in Dhaka implicated enterically transmitted non-A, non-B (ET-NANB) hepatitis as the etiologic agent. This observation was made by exclusion in 17 of 19 patients, and confirmed serologically in one randomly selected patient by a fluorescent antibody blocking assay specific for ET-NANB hepatitis. These findings reinforce earlier suspicions that ET-NANB may be an important cause of acute hepatitis in Bangladesh. The epidemiology of ET-NANB hepatitis is discussed, and public health recommendations are made.
Hlady
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WG
Epidemiology Department, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Islam
M N
MN
Wahab
M A
MA
Johnson
S D
SD
Waiz
A
A
Krawczynski
K Z
KZ
D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011634:Public Health; D011897:Random Allocation
D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens