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Epidemiological and virological characteristics of symptomatic acute hepatitis E in Greater Cairo, Egypt.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Oct 2012
Delarocque-Astagneau E, Abravanel F, Moshen A, Le Fouler L, Gad R R, El-Daly M, Ibrahim E M, El-Aidy S, Lashin T, El-Hoseiny M, Izopet J, Mohamed M K, Fontanet A, Abdel Hamid M
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the study was to describe the characteristics of acute hepatitis E in Greater Cairo. Patients with acute hepatitis E were identified through a surveillance of acute hepatitis using the following definition: recent (<3 weeks) onset of fever or jaundice, alanine aminotransferase at least three times the upper limit of normal (uln), negative markers for other causes of viral hepatitis and detectable...
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