title: Short report: hepatitis E infection in the Brazilian Amazon.
abstract: This is the first report of serologic evidence of hepatitis E infection in Brazil. During a community-based survey of healthy individuals, six of 97 gold miners in the Amazon region of Mato Grosso had antibody to the virus. The mining camps have poor sanitation with a great potential for fecal-oral transmission of disease. Since levels of hepatitis E antibodies may quickly wane, studies to directly measure the incidence of seroconversion are planned to determine the intensity of transmission in this area.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Alencar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cerutti
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Milhous
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kanesa-Thasan
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: MaCarthy
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hoke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008906:Mining; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies