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Short Report: Hepatitis E Infection in the Brazilian Amazon

L. PangU.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Brazil, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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F. E. C. AlencarU.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Brazil, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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C. Cerutti JrU.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Brazil, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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W. K. MilhousU.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Brazil, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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A. L. AndradeU.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Brazil, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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R. OliveiraU.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Brazil, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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N. Kanesa-ThasanU.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Brazil, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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P. O. MacarthyU.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Brazil, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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C. H. Hoke JrU.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Brazil, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goias, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1995.52.347
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Volume 52: Issue 4
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347–348
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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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Copyright © 1995 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1995
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Apr 1995
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