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Epidemiological and molecular analyses of a non-seasonal outbreak of acute icteric hepatitis E in Bangladesh.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2013
Harun-Or-Rashid Mohammad, Akbar Sheikh Mohammad Fazle, Takahashi Kazuaki, Al-Mahtab Mamun, Khan Mohammad Sakirul Islam, Alim Mohammad Abdul, Ekram A R M Saifuddin, Khan Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, Arai Masahiro, Mishiro Shunji
Abstract excerpt
Acute hepatitis due to hepatitis E virus (HEV) is endemic in Bangladesh, but its epidemiological characteristics and virological features remain obscure. An outbreak of acute icteric hepatitis E occurred in Rajshahi, Bangladesh during 2010 when 200 patients with visible jaundice visited physicians within a period of 1 month (January-February). Clinical and epidemiological data were collected from these patients...
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