| threat of hepatitis e virus infection in somalia during operation restore hope. | in support of operation restore hope, the united states military established a diagnostic laboratory for infectious diseases, the joint forward laboratory, in mogadishu, somalia. because sporadic hepatitis due to unknown causes was a frequent problem, staff members of the joint forward laboratory evaluated 31 somalis, five displaced ethiopians, and three western relief workers who had acute clinical hepatitis. patients lived in multiple locations in somalia--mogadishu, baidoa, and merca--and bec ... | 1994 | 8054416 |