| [epidemiological study of hepatitis a and e viruses in different populations in uruguay]. | the hepatitis a and e virus (hav and hev) share the fecal-oral mechanism. hepatitis a is an endemo-epidemic disease in uruguay but no data on the epidemiologic pattern of the hev is available. the aims of this study were to update the epidemiologic behavior of the hav in montevideo and demonstrate the circulation of the hev in uruguay. two hundred fourteen patients who consulted in the policlínica de nutrición y digestivo were studied, 185 (86%) of whom were anti hav (havab, abbot) positive. 81. ... | 1997 | 9296844 |