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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 52(4), 1995, pp. 347-348
Copyright © 1995 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Short Report: Hepatitis E Infection in the Brazilian Amazon

L. Pang, F. E. C. Alencar, C. Cerutti, Jr, W. K. Milhous, A. L. Andrade, R. Oliveira, N. Kanesa-Thasan, P. O. Macarthy AND C. H. Hoke, Jr
U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Goiania, Brazil; Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, District of Columbia

This is the first report of serlogic evidence of hepatitis E infection in Brazil. During a community-based survey of healthy individuals, six of 97 gold miners in the Amazon region of Mato Grosso had antibody to the virus. The mining camps have poor sanitation with a great potential for fecal-oral transmission of disease. Since levels of hepatitis E antibodies may quickly wane, studies to directly measure the incidence of seroconversion are planned to determine the intensity of transmission in this area.






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