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580871

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-8-28
pubmed:abstractText
An epidemic of liver disease, characterized by onset with high fever, rapidly progressive jaundice, and ascites occurred in a rural area of India. Several hundred people were affected and mortality was high. The epidemic was heralded by the appearance of similar features in the village dogs. Liver biopsy specimens from eight cases and autopsy material from one human case and two dogs were studied. Characteristic features were centrizonal scarring, hepatic venous occlusion, ductular proliferation and cholestasis, focal syncytial giant-cell tr-nsformation of hepatocytes, and pericellular fibrosis. Toxic quantities of aflatoxin B1 were found in samples of corn, the staple food grain of the people, that was obtained from the domestic food stores. The etiology of the disease could not be unequivocally established, but aflatoxins, perhaps in combination with other factors, may have been the cause.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0003-9985
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
372-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidemic of toxic hepatitis in India of possible mycotoxic origin.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article