Publications

outbreak of viral hepatitis b in a rural community in india linked to inadequately sterilized needles and syringes.	in india, virtually all outbreaks of viral hepatitis are considered to be due to faeco-orally transmitted hepatitis e virus. recently, a cluster of 15 cases of viral hepatitis b was found in three villages in gujarat state. the cases were epidemiologically linked to the use of inadequately sterilized needles and syringes by a local unqualified medical practitioner. the outbreak evolved slowly over a period of 3 months and was marked by a high case fatality rate (46.7%), probably because of concu ...	1998	9615501
detection of hev rna in faeces, by rt-pcr during the epidemics of hepatitis e in india (1976-1995).	out of the 15 hepatitis e (hev) epidemics that occurred during the years 1976-1995 in the gujarat and maharashtra states of india, 45.78% (76/166) stool samples showed the presence of hev rna. hev rna was found significantly more often in samples that were transported in liquid nitrogen (50.9%) compared with samples that were transported in wet ice (37.0%) (p < 0.05). stool samples collected within 7 days after the onset of the disease (59.2%) were more often positive for hev rna when compared w ...	1997	9097269