title: [A preliminary report on the prevalence of different types of hepatitis in adult patients with acute sporadic hepatitis in Beijing area].
abstract: In order to investigate the prevalence of different types of viral hepatitis in Beijing area, the markers of viral hepatitis A, B, C and E were detected on 72 adult patients with acute viral hepatitis in the infectious diseases department of our hospital. The results showed that 26.4% of the cases had HAV infection, 8.3% HBV infection, 18.1% HCV infection and 31.9% HEV infection. It is shown that the prevalence of HEV infection in Beijing area is high.
authors.affiliation: First Hospital of Beijing Medical University.
authors.forename: G Q
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Tian
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000276:immunology*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies