An Outbreak of Enterically Transmitted non-A, non-B Hepatitis in Pakistan

Muhammad Iqbal Pakistan-U.S. Laboratory for Sero-Epidemiology, Army Medical College, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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Aftab Ahmed Pakistan-U.S. Laboratory for Sero-Epidemiology, Army Medical College, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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Ashraf Qamar Pakistan-U.S. Laboratory for Sero-Epidemiology, Army Medical College, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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Kenneth Dixon Pakistan-U.S. Laboratory for Sero-Epidemiology, Army Medical College, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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J. Fred Duncan Pakistan-U.S. Laboratory for Sero-Epidemiology, Army Medical College, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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Nasir Ul Islam Pakistan-U.S. Laboratory for Sero-Epidemiology, Army Medical College, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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Abdul Rauf Pakistan-U.S. Laboratory for Sero-Epidemiology, Army Medical College, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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Joe P. Bryan Pakistan-U.S. Laboratory for Sero-Epidemiology, Army Medical College, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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Iftikhar A. Malik Pakistan-U.S. Laboratory for Sero-Epidemiology, Army Medical College, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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Llewellyn J. Legters Pakistan-U.S. Laboratory for Sero-Epidemiology, Army Medical College, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1989.40.438
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Volume 40: Issue 4
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438–443
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An epidemic of enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis occurred at a college in Sargodha, Pakistan in early 1987. There were 133 clinical cases, an attack rate of approximately 20%. Though the disease was relatively mild, all clinical cases required hospitalization and prolonged convalescence. Nearly all cases were associated with a single water source. The epidemic ended when the water supply was improved. This is the 4th described epidemic of non-A, non-B hepatitis in Pakistan.

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Copyright © 1989 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1989
Published Online:
Apr 1989
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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