Seroepidemiology of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in an Urban Population in Zambia: Strong Association With HIV and Environmental Enteropathy | Zendy

Cato Jacobs | Zendy; Clarence Chiluba | Zendy; C. Phiri | Zendy; M M Lisulo | Zendy; Mumba Chomba | Zendy; Philip C. Hill | Zendy; Samreen Ijaz | Zendy; Paul Kelly | Zendy

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Seroepidemiology of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in an Urban Population in Zambia: Strong Association With HIV and Environmental Enteropathy

Author(s) -

Cato Jacobs,

Clarence Chiluba,

C. Phiri,

M M Lisulo,

Mumba Chomba,

Philip C. Hill,

Samreen Ijaz,

Paul Kelly

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit409

Subject(s) - hepatitis e virus , seroprevalence , medicine , enteropathy , immunology , hepatitis e , coinfection , population , odds ratio , antibody , serology , virology , virus , biology , environmental health , genotype , biochemistry , disease , gene

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection causes major epidemics of infectious hepatitis, with high mortality rates in pregnant women. Recent reports indicate that HEV coinfections with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may have a more protracted course. However, the impact of HEV infections in communities heavily affected by HIV remains poorly studied. We set out to examine age-related seroprevalence in a community where we have previously carried out studies on environmental enteropathy.

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