Etiology of Acute Sporadic Hepatitis in Adults in Senegal and Tunisia

1995; Informa; Volume: 27; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3109/00365549509018964

ISSN

1651-1980

Autores

Pierre Coursaget, Didier Leboulleux, Youssef Gharbi, Nathalie Enogat, Marie-Awa Ndao, Awa Marie Coll‐Seck, R Kastally,

Tópico(s)

Hepatitis B Virus Studies

Resumo

Markers for acute hepatitis A, B, C and E virus infections were examined in the sera of 72 patients suffering from acute hepatitis in Senegal and Tunisia. Hepatitis B was responsible for 36% and hepatitis C for 21% of the cases. Acute hepatitis A was not diagnosed. HEV infection was not observed in Senegal and represents only 4% of the acute hepatitis cases in Tunisia.

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