| epidemiology of hepatitis e virus infection in turkey. | the seroprevalence and risk factors for infection with hepatitis e virus (hev) were analysed in five regions of turkey, where one-third of acute hepatitis cases are non-a, non-b. antibodies to hev (anti-hev) were found in 80 (5.9%) of 1350 subjects. independent predictors of anti-hev were age over 25 years, less than elementary education, antibodies to hepatitis c virus, and residence in the warmest region (adana). whereas none of 105 subjects in the second decade of life were hev seropositive, ... | 1993 | 8099641 |