Hepatitis E as a cause of adult hospitalization in Bangladesh: Results from an acute jaundice surveillance study in six tertiary hospitals, 2014-2017.

• Main Authors: Repon C Paul (Author), Arifa Nazneen (Author), Kajal C Banik (Author), Shariful Amin Sumon (Author), Kishor K Paul (Author), Arifa Akram (Author), M Salim Uzzaman (Author), Tahir Iqbal (Author), Alexandra Tejada-Strop (Author), Saleem Kamili (Author), Stephen P Luby (Author), Heather F Gidding (Author), Andrew Hayen (Author), Emily S Gurley (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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In the absence of reliable data on the burden of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in high endemic countries, we established a hospital-based acute jaundice surveillance program in six tertiary hospitals in Bangladesh to estimate the burden of HEV infection among hospitalized acute jaundice patients aged ≥14...