Jaundice outbreak likely caused by HEV in Amritsar, Punjab, India, 2013

• Main Authors: Tripurari Kumar (Author), Aakash Shrivastava (Author), Deepak Bhatia (Author), Yash Mitra (Author), Anil Kumar (Author), Sharmeen Hussain (Author), Lakhbir Singh Chauhan (Author), Kayla F. Laserson (Author), Jai Prakash Narain (Author), Rajesh Kumar (Author), Averhoff Francisco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hepatitis-E Virus (HEV) infection is endemic in Punjab, India. On 4th April 2013, public officials of Labour Colony, Amritsar reported > 20 jaundice cases occurring within several days. Methods We performed a case-control study to identify the cause and prevent additional case...