Infección con el virus de la hepatitis E en Chile: comunicación preliminar / Hepatitis E virus infection in Chile: preliminary report
Rev. méd. Chile
; 124(8): 947-9, ago. 1996. tab
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ABSTRACT
Using and Elisa technique, IgG antibodies against hepatitis E virus were measured in 40 alcoholics, 40 hemophilics, 174 blood donors, 36 subjects with acute non A non B non C hepatitis and 66 subjects with acute hepatitis A. Antibodies were detected in 1 alcoholic (2,5 percent), 3 hemophilics (7,5 percent), 7 blood donors (4 percent), 3 patients with non-A-non-B-non-C hepatitis (8,3 percent) and 3 patients with acute hepatitis A (4,5 percent). A low frequency of hepatitis E infection was detected in the studied subjects:
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LILACS
Main subject:
Hepatitis E virus
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Hepatitis E
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Chile
Language:
Es
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
Year:
1996
Type:
Article