Seroepidemiology of hepatitis E virus in the Egyptian Nile Delta
Journal of Medical VirologyPublished 1 December 1995
Moamena A. Kamel, Hugo Troonen, Hans‐Peter Kapprell, Ahmed El‐Ayady, F. DeWolfe Miller
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The overall sero‐endemicity of HEV was higher than reported elsewhere and appears not to have been introduced into the village population recently, and was not associated statistically with any of the other viral markers including HCV.
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The seroendemicity of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in an entire village population located in the Egyptain Nile Delta is described. Serum specimens were obtained from 68% of the total population of 1,850 villagers. The lack of serum specimen was greatest in the youngest age group ( 95%, even in the youngest age group (< 5). The overall sero-endemicity of HEV was higher than reported elsewhere and appears not to have been introduced into the village population recently.
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