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Non‐A, non‐B hepatitis in Omdurman, Sudan
Author(s) -
AlArabi M. A.,
Mahgoub M.,
AiHag A. A.,
Hyams K. C.,
ElGhorab N.
Publication year - 1987
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.1890210304
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis , hepatitis b , etiology , acute hepatitis , viral hepatitis , acute hepatitis b , transmission (telecommunications) , hepatitis c , viral disease , liver disease , hepatitis a , gastroenterology , immunology , virology , hepatitis b virus , virus , hbsag , electrical engineering , engineering
One‐hundred nineteen patients (cases) at least 13 years of age with acute hepatitis were studied to determine the viral etiology of acute hepatitis in Omdurman, Sudan. Ninety‐eight control subjects (controls) were also evaluated to determine the risk factors associated with the development of clinical disease. Acute hepatitis non‐A, non‐B was diagnosed in 88 cases (73.9%), hepatitis B in 15 cases (12.6%), delta infection in 15 (12.6%), and hepatitis A in just one patient (0.8%). A higher percentage of hepatitis B cases had received a parenteral injection for medical therapy during the previous 6 months than control subjects (26.7 % vs 4.1 %, p ≤ 0.05). The data in this study indicate that hepatitis non‐A, non‐B may be the major cause of acute hepatitis in adults in this area of Sudan. The suggested association of parenteral therapy with the transmission of hepatitis B could have important implications for the spread of other parenterally‐transmitted diseases.