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Acute sporadic hepatitis in the Republic of Yemen
Author(s) -
Gunaid Abdalla A.,
Nasher Thabet M.,
ElGuneid Abdulkader M.,
Hill Mary,
Dayton Ralph,
Pal Arabinda,
Skidmore Susan J.,
Coleman Jonathan C.,
MurrayLyon Iain M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(199701)51:1<64::aid-jmv10>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - acute hepatitis , medicine , virology , hepatitis , viral hepatitis , hepatitis a , hepatitis e , acute hepatitis b , hepatitis e virus , hepatitis b , viral disease , immunology , virus , hepatitis b virus , biology , hbsag , genotype , biochemistry , gene
The causes of acute icteric viral hepatitis were determined in 78 adult Yemeni patients. Acute hepatitis B (IgM anti‐HBc positive) was the most common type (26.9%). Acute hepatitis E (IgM anti‐HEV positive) occurred in 14% and was not associated with travel outside Yemen. Sixty percent of all 78 patients were positive for IgG anti‐HEV as were 40% of a series of 48 healthy male blood donors and pregnant females, indicating that HEV is prevalent in Yemen. Acute hepatitis A (IgM anti‐HAV positive) and hepatitis C and D were responsible for 5.1%, 6.4%, and 2.6% cases, respectively. This totals to 106%, as an infection with two viruses occurred in 6.4% cases. In 51.3% of all cases, no virological markers of acute hepatitis were detected, suggesting an as yet undiscovered agent. J Med Virol 51:64–66, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.