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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 63(3), 2000, pp. 209-213
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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 63, Issue 3, 209-213
Copyright © 2000 by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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An outbreak of fulminant hepatitis delta in the Waorani, an indigenous people of the Amazon basin of Ecuador

SR Manock, PM Kelley, KC Hyams, R Douce, RD Smalligan, DM Watts, TW Sharp, JL Casey, JL Gerin, R Engle, A Alava-Alprecht, CM Martinez, NB Bravo, AG Guevara, KL Russell, W Mendoza, and C Vimos

An outbreak of delta hepatitis occurred during 1998 among the Waorani of the Amazon basin of Ecuador. Among 58 people identified with jaundice, 79% lived in four of 22 Waorani communities. Serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was found in the sera of 54% of the jaundiced persons, and 14% of asymptomatic persons. Ninety-five percent of 105 asymptomatic Waorani had hepatitis B core (HBc) IgG antibody, versus 98% of 51 with jaundice. These data confirm that hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is highly endemic among the Waorani. Sixteen of 23 (70%) HBsAg carriers identified at the onset of the epidemic had serologic markers for hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection. All 16 were jaundiced, where as only two of seven (29%) with negative HDV serology were jaundiced (P = .0006). The delta cases clustered in families, 69% were children and most involved superinfection of people chronically infected with HBV. The data suggest that HDV spread rapidly by a horizontal mode of transmission other than by the sexual route.


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