title: An outbreak of enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis in Pakistan.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Pakistan-U.S. Laboratory for Sero-Epidemiology, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iqbal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Qamar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: N U
authors.initials: NU
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rauf
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bryan
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Legters
mesh_terms: 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