Hepatitis E Epidemic, Uganda

In October 2007, an epidemic of hepatitis E was suspected in Kitgum District of northern Uganda where no previous epidemics had been documented. This outbreak has progressed to become one of the largest hepatitis E outbreaks in the world. By June 2009, the epidemic had caused illness in >10,196 p...

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Autores principales: Teshale, Eyasu H., Howard, Christopher M., Grytdal, Scott P., Handzel, Thomas R., Barry, Vaughn, Kamili, Saleem, Drobeniuc, Jan, Okware, Samuel, Downing, Robert, Tappero, Jordan W., Bakamutumaho, Barnabas, Teo, Chong-Gee, Ward, John W., Holmberg, Scott D., Hu, Dale J.
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20031058
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1601.090764
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author Teshale, Eyasu H.
Howard, Christopher M.
Grytdal, Scott P.
Handzel, Thomas R.
Barry, Vaughn
Kamili, Saleem
Drobeniuc, Jan
Okware, Samuel
Downing, Robert
Tappero, Jordan W.
Bakamutumaho, Barnabas
Teo, Chong-Gee
Ward, John W.
Holmberg, Scott D.
Hu, Dale J.
author_facet Teshale, Eyasu H.
Howard, Christopher M.
Grytdal, Scott P.
Handzel, Thomas R.
Barry, Vaughn
Kamili, Saleem
Drobeniuc, Jan
Okware, Samuel
Downing, Robert
Tappero, Jordan W.
Bakamutumaho, Barnabas
Teo, Chong-Gee
Ward, John W.
Holmberg, Scott D.
Hu, Dale J.
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description In October 2007, an epidemic of hepatitis E was suspected in Kitgum District of northern Uganda where no previous epidemics had been documented. This outbreak has progressed to become one of the largest hepatitis E outbreaks in the world. By June 2009, the epidemic had caused illness in >10,196 persons and 160 deaths.
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spelling pubmed-28743622010-05-26 Hepatitis E Epidemic, Uganda Teshale, Eyasu H. Howard, Christopher M. Grytdal, Scott P. Handzel, Thomas R. Barry, Vaughn Kamili, Saleem Drobeniuc, Jan Okware, Samuel Downing, Robert Tappero, Jordan W. Bakamutumaho, Barnabas Teo, Chong-Gee Ward, John W. Holmberg, Scott D. Hu, Dale J. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In October 2007, an epidemic of hepatitis E was suspected in Kitgum District of northern Uganda where no previous epidemics had been documented. This outbreak has progressed to become one of the largest hepatitis E outbreaks in the world. By June 2009, the epidemic had caused illness in >10,196 persons and 160 deaths. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2874362/ /pubmed/20031058 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1601.090764 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Teshale, Eyasu H.
Howard, Christopher M.
Grytdal, Scott P.
Handzel, Thomas R.
Barry, Vaughn
Kamili, Saleem
Drobeniuc, Jan
Okware, Samuel
Downing, Robert
Tappero, Jordan W.
Bakamutumaho, Barnabas
Teo, Chong-Gee
Ward, John W.
Holmberg, Scott D.
Hu, Dale J.
Hepatitis E Epidemic, Uganda
title Hepatitis E Epidemic, Uganda
title_full Hepatitis E Epidemic, Uganda
title_fullStr Hepatitis E Epidemic, Uganda
title_full_unstemmed Hepatitis E Epidemic, Uganda
title_short Hepatitis E Epidemic, Uganda
title_sort hepatitis e epidemic, uganda
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2874362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20031058
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1601.090764
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