| hepatitis e--an important cause of imported non-a, non-b hepatitis among migrant workers in qatar. | in 1985, glynn et al. [journal of medical virology 17:371-375] reported on epidemic viral hepatitis in qatar and concluded that 72% (91/126) had acute enterically transmitted non-a, non-b viral hepatitis (et-nanbh). most of the patients (98%) presented within 8 weeks of arrival in qatar and were migrant workers from the indian subcontinent. the data was reanalysed for evidence of infection with hepatitis e virus (hev). seventy-eight of 91 (86%) of stored sera were still suitable for analysis sin ... | 1994 | 7964652 |