There is little information on the diverse infectious causes of jaundice and hepatitis in the
Asiatic tropics. Serology (hepatitis A, B, C and E, leptospirosis, dengue, rickettsia), antigen …

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 …

Objective: To determine the prevalence of hepatitis A, B, C and HIV seropositivity among
patients with acute icteric hepatitis. Design: Cross-sectional descriptive survey. Setting …

Discussion Patient no. 1 presented to our clinic after 6 d of febrile disease followed by one
day of jaundice. The clinical presentation was unusual. Patients with viral hepatitis often …

Abstract Analysis of serum samples from patients with acute jaundice by means of enzyme-
linked immunosorbent assay and polymerase chain reaction testing provided the first profile …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical features and stage of chronic liver disease at
presentation in Lagos. METHODS: Clinical features, hepatic functional reserve (Child-Pugh …

Jaundice is not an unusual accompaniment of malaria. It can occur due to intravascular
hemolysis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and, rarely,'malarial hepatitis'. Although …

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 …

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 …

Little is known about the prevalence of infection with hepatitis viruses in Belize, Central
America. We conducted a serologic survey among members of the Belize Defence Force …