Open AccessHepatitis E virus in patients with acute hepatitis in Cape Town, South Africa, 2011
Author(s) -
Stephen N.J. Korsman,
Diana Hardie,
Mamadou Kaba
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
samj. south african medical journal/south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2019.v109i8.13867
Subject(s) - medicine , cape , acute hepatitis , hepatitis , virology , hepatitis a virus , hepatitis a , virus , law , political science
Early hepatitis E virus (HEV) seroprevalence studies in South Africa (SA) showed seroprevalence rates of 2 - 10%, and suggested waterborne transmission. More recent studies in Cape Town, SA, reported HEV seroprevalence rates of 28% and 26% in outpatients without liver disease and blood donors, respectively. An association was found with eating pork or bacon/ham. Only 3 human cases of hepatitis E in SA have been reported in the literature.