Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak among Tigray War Refugees from Ethiopia, Sudan

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We report hepatitis E virus (HEV) outbreaks among refugees from Ethiopia in Sudan during June 2021–February 2022. We identified 1,589 cases of acute jaundice syndrome and used PCR to confirm HEV infection in 64% of cases. Implementing vaccination, water, sanitation, and hygiene programs might reduce...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Ayman, Ali, Yousif, Siddig, Emmanuel Edwar, Hamed, Jehan, Mohamed, Nouh S., Khairy, Amna, Zinsstag, Jakob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9328910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35876603
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2808.220397
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author Ahmed, Ayman
Ali, Yousif
Siddig, Emmanuel Edwar
Hamed, Jehan
Mohamed, Nouh S.
Khairy, Amna
Zinsstag, Jakob
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description We report hepatitis E virus (HEV) outbreaks among refugees from Ethiopia in Sudan during June 2021–February 2022. We identified 1,589 cases of acute jaundice syndrome and used PCR to confirm HEV infection in 64% of cases. Implementing vaccination, water, sanitation, and hygiene programs might reduce HEV outbreak risk.
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spelling pubmed-93289102022-08-06 Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak among Tigray War Refugees from Ethiopia, Sudan Ahmed, Ayman Ali, Yousif Siddig, Emmanuel Edwar Hamed, Jehan Mohamed, Nouh S. Khairy, Amna Zinsstag, Jakob Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report hepatitis E virus (HEV) outbreaks among refugees from Ethiopia in Sudan during June 2021–February 2022. We identified 1,589 cases of acute jaundice syndrome and used PCR to confirm HEV infection in 64% of cases. Implementing vaccination, water, sanitation, and hygiene programs might reduce HEV outbreak risk. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9328910/ /pubmed/35876603 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2808.220397 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases 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.
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Ahmed, Ayman
Ali, Yousif
Siddig, Emmanuel Edwar
Hamed, Jehan
Mohamed, Nouh S.
Khairy, Amna
Zinsstag, Jakob
Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak among Tigray War Refugees from Ethiopia, Sudan
title Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak among Tigray War Refugees from Ethiopia, Sudan
title_full Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak among Tigray War Refugees from Ethiopia, Sudan
title_fullStr Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak among Tigray War Refugees from Ethiopia, Sudan
title_full_unstemmed Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak among Tigray War Refugees from Ethiopia, Sudan
title_short Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak among Tigray War Refugees from Ethiopia, Sudan
title_sort hepatitis e virus outbreak among tigray war refugees from ethiopia, sudan
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9328910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35876603
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2808.220397
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