An outbreak of enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis in Pakistan.
An epidemic of enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis occurred at a college in Sargodha, Pakistan in early 1987. There were 133 clinical cases, an attack rate of approximately 20%. Though the disease was relatively mild, all clinical cases required hospitalization and prolonged convalescence. Nearly all cases were associated with a single water source. The epidemic ended when the water supply was improved. This is the 4th described epidemic of non-A, non-B hepatitis in Pakistan.
Iqbal
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Pakistan-U.S. Laboratory for Sero-Epidemiology, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi.
Ahmed
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A
Qamar
A
A
Dixon
K
K
Duncan
J F
JF
Islam
N U
NU
Rauf
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A
Bryan
J P
JP
Malik
I A
IA
Legters
L J
LJ
D000208:Acute Disease; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D010154:Pakistan; D013333:Student Health Services; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects