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8099641

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8860
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-7-9
pubmed:abstractText
The seroprevalence and risk factors for infection with hepatitis E virus (HEV) were analysed in five regions of Turkey, where one-third of acute hepatitis cases are non-A, non-B. Antibodies to HEV (anti-HEV) were found in 80 (5.9%) of 1350 subjects. Independent predictors of anti-HEV were age over 25 years, less than elementary education, antibodies to hepatitis C virus, and residence in the warmest region (Adana). Whereas none of 105 subjects in the second decade of life were HEV seropositive, 17 (3.7%) of 464 and 28 (9.1%) of 308 of those in the third and fourth decades of life, respectively, had anti-HEV (p < 0.001). These data demonstrate that in Turkey HEV is more prevalent in warmer regions and in adults, beginning in the third decade of life.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0140-6736
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
341
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1561-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus infection in Turkey.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't