NDLI: Prevalence of enteric hepatitis A and E viruses in the Mekong River delta region of Vietnam.

Please wait, while we are loading the content...

Prevalence of enteric hepatitis A and E viruses in the Mekong River delta region of Vietnam.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Hien, Tran Tinh Tien, Nong Thi Khiem, Ha Ba Sac, Pham Kim Nhung, V. T. Larasati, Ria Purwita Laras, Kanti Putri, Maidy Doss, Robert Hyams, Kenneth Craig
Copyright Year	1999
Abstract	A study of antibody prevalence for hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) was carried out in southwestern Vietnam in an area adjacent to a known focus of epidemic HEV transmission. The purpose of this investigation was first to provide a prevalence measure of hepatitis infections, and second to determine the outbreak potential of HEV as a function of the susceptible population. Blood specimens collected from 646 persons in randomly selected village hamlets were examined by an ELISA for anti-HEV IgG and anti-HAV IgG. The prevalences of anti-HEV IgG and anti-HAV IgG were 9% and 97%, respectively. There was a significant increase (P < 0.01) in age-specific anti-HEV IgG. A notable increase in anti-HAV IgG prevalence (P < 0.0001) occurred between child populations 0-4 (64%) and 5-9 (95%) years of age. No evidence of familial clustering of anti-HEV IgG-positive individuals was detected, and household crowding was not associated with the spread of HEV. Boiling of water was found to be of protective value against HEV transmission. A relatively low prevalence of anti-HEV indicates considerable HEV outbreak potential, against a background of 1) poor, water-related hygiene/sanitation, 2) dependence on a (likely human/animal waste)-contaminated Mekong riverine system, and 3) periodic river flooding.
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.ajtmh.org/docserver/fulltext/14761645/60/2/10072151.pdf?accname=guest&checksum=1657ED43535B3A11D87AE2ED8BD534E8&expires=1542906950&id=id
PubMed reference number	10072151v1
Volume Number	60
Issue Number	2
Journal	The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Familial Mediterranean Fever Floods Hepatitis B Hepatitis E virus Low Prevalence Specimen Statistical Prevalence hepatitis A virus antibodies statistical cluster
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Central Library (ISO-9001:2015 Certified)
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur, West Bengal, India | PIN - 721302

See location in the Map
03222 282435
Mail: support@ndl.gov.in

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in