EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEPATITIS-E VIRUS-INFECTION IN TURKEY

被引：77
作者：
THOMAS, DL
MAHLEY, RW
BADUR, S
PALAOGLU, KE
QUINN, TC
机构：
[1] ISTANBUL FAC MED,DEPT MICROBIOL,ISTANBUL,TURKEY
[2] NIAID,IMMUNOREGULAT LAB,BETHESDA,MD 20892
[3] AMER BRISTOL HOSP,GLADSTONE RES INST,ISTANBUL,TURKEY
来源：
LANCET | 1993年 / 341卷 / 8860期
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D O I：
10.1016/0140-6736(93)90698-G
中图分类号：
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要：
The seroprevalence and risk factors for infection with hepatitis E virus (HEV) were analysed in five regions of Turkey, where one-third of acute hepatitis cases are non-A, non-B. Antibodies to HEV (anti-HEV) were found in 80 (5.9%) of 1350 subjects. Independent predictors of anti-HEV were age over 25 years, less than elementary education, antibodies to hepatitis C virus, and residence in the warmest region (Adana). Whereas none of 105 subjects in the second decade of life were HEV seropositive, 17 (3.7%) of 464 and 28 (9.1%) of 308 of those in the third and fourth decades of life, respectively, had anti-HEV (p < 0.001). These data demonstrate that in Turkey HEV is more prevalent in warmer regions and in adults, beginning in the third decade of life.
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