VIRAL HEPATITIS-E - EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND CLI NICAL ASPECTS IN FRANCE ANDIN THE WORLD

Authors
DEBORD T ROUE R BUISSON Y SAGUI E
Citation
T. Debord et al., VIRAL HEPATITIS-E - EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND CLI NICAL ASPECTS IN FRANCE ANDIN THE WORLD, Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 24, 1994, pp. 594-603
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Medecine et maladies infectieuses → ACNP
ISSN journal
0399077X
Volume
24
Year of publication
1994
Pages
594 - 603
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-077X(1994)24:<594:VH-EAC>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Recent identification of the hepatitis E virus allowed to recognize it s responsability in enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis. He patitis E is a wide-spread affection, occuring in epidemics or endemo sporadic cases in many disadvantaged countries it is an imported disea se. Clinical aspects are the same as hepatitis A, except unusual gravi ty in pregnant women. We report epidemiological and clinical aspects o f 39 imported hepatitis E (27 from Chad, 6 from French Guyana, 6 from Somalia) observed in our service among military personnal.