| protective role of humoral immune responses during an outbreak of hepatitis e in egypt. | although the seroprevalence of hepatitis e virus (hev) is approximately 80% in adult egyptians living in rural areas, symptomatic hev-caused acute viral hepatitis (avh) is sporadic and relatively uncommon. to investigate the dichotomy between hev infection and clinical avh, hev-specific immune responses in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic hev infection during a waterborne outbreak in egypt were examined. of 235 acute hepatitis patients in assiut hospitals screened for hev infection, 42 ... | 2012 | 22938992 |
| risk factors and immune response to hepatitis e viral infection among acute hepatitis patients in assiut, egypt. | hepatitis e virus (hev) infection is a common cause of acute viral hepatitis (avh) in egypt. we aimed to identify risk factors of hev among acute hepatitis cases, measure hev specific immune response to differentiate between symptomatic and asymptomatic infections. the study included symptomatic acute hepatitis (ah) patients (n = 235) and asymptomatic contacts (n = 200) to hev cases. they completed a lifestyle questionnaire, screened for common hepatotropic viruses. blood and serum samples were ... | 2010 | 22053611 |
| incidence and characteristics of hepatitis e virus infection in children in assiut, upper egypt. | objective to describe the characteristics of hepatitis e virus (hev) infection in a cohort of children from upper egypt using data from a large multicentre prospective study of acute viral hepatitis (avh). methods data from subjects aged 2-18 years with avh or close contacts of those with avh found to have asymptomatic avh were included in the analysis. information concerning medical history, clinical examination, liver function tests and screening for hepatotropic viruses was recorded and analy ... | 2016 | 27688687 |