title: Acute viral hepatitis: an aetiological study of 253 patients.
abstract: Two hundred and fifty-three cases of acute viral hepatitis admitted to Ibn Al-Khateeb Infectious Disease Hospital, Baghdad, were studied prospectively regarding the viral aetiological agent. The most common cause was infection with one of the non-A, non-B viruses (51%). The second most common cause was infection with the hepatitis B virus (32%); two of these patients had hepatitis delta-co-infection. Hepatitis A virus was responsible for 15% of the cases, and hepatitis delta-virus superinfection in 2% of the cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq.
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Rassam
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Goudeau
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: al-Khoury
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: al-Deen
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sadik
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology; D003699:Hepatitis D / Q000453:epidemiology; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq / Q000453:epidemiology