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Aetiology of acute sporadic hepatitis in adults in kenya
Author(s) -
Greenfield C.,
Karayiannis P.,
Wankya B. M.,
Shah M. V.,
Tukei P.,
Galpin S.,
Jowett T. P.,
Thomas H. C.
Publication year - 1984
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/jmv.1890140408
Subject(s) - virology , acute hepatitis , medicine , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis a virus , hepatitis a , hepatitis , virus , etiology , hepatitis b , acute hepatitis b , immunology , hbsag
Markers for acute hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis non‐A, non‐B (HNANB) infections were examined in the sera of 94 patients presenting with acute hepatitis in Kenya. Hepatitis B virus was responsible for 70% of cases, HNANB for 18%, and HAV for only 12%. The use of an IgM anti‐HBc assay increased the rate of diagnosis of acute HBV infection, thereby reducing the proportion of cases designated as NANB.