Background. Acute viral hepatitis is less frequent in Egypt than serum antibody levels
suggest. Because acute viral hepatitis has a wide clinical spectrum, we tested the …

Background. Changes in the viral etiology of hospitalized patients can inform us of changes
in the overall epidemiology of acute viral hepatitis infections. We hypothesized that …

A study of acute hepatitis was conducted in Hanoi, Viet Nam, from January 1993 to February
1995; 188 sera from clinical hepatitis cases were screened by enzyme-linked …

This report describes a cross-sectional survey of the prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C
virus (anti-HCV) in a rural Egyptian community in the Nile Delta. One half of the village …

The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in a
rural village in the Nile Delta with a high prevalence of antibodies to HCV (anti-HCV). One …

Residents of Egypt's Nile river delta have among the world's highest seroprevalence of
hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. To assess the impact of HCV on chronic liver disease, we …

Of the 1050 sera of acute viral hepatitis patients admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital
in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, over a one-year period, 40· 9% were due to hepatitis A, 21· 5% to …

We conducted a prospective, descriptive cohort study of all 217 cases of acute viral hepatitis
(AVH) seen in adults during 1992 at the sole hospitals with infectious disease departments …

Hepatitis A in most developing countries is a sporadic childhood disease, but lately focal
outbreaks have been observed among children in India. During 2004, we investigated a …

Hepatitis is common in the Stann Creek District of southern Belize. To determine the
etiologies, incidence, and potential risk factors for acute jaundice, we conducted active …