Non A non B acute hepatitis in eastern Algerian adults

Nouasria, B.; Trépo, C; Larouzé, Bernard; Saimot, G; Aouati, A.

doi:10.1016/0035-9203(84)90199-8

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“…Because contact with a jaundiced household member was also associated with non-A, non-B hepatitis, person-to-person transmission may be a factor as well [CDC, 1987bl. Previous reports have indicated that both epidemic and sporadic non-A, non-B hepatitis are common in nearby countries, and an outbreak of non-A, non-B hepatitis has been described in Sudan [Bassily et al, 1986;CDC, 1987a;Belabbes et al, 1985;Khuroo et al, 1983;Molinie et al, 1988;Nouasria et al, 1984;Shamma's, 1984;Zakaria et al, 19881. However, enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis has been noted to have a lower attack rate in children than in adults [CDC, 1987a,b;Khuroo, 1980;Belabbes et al, 19851.…”

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“…The association between non-A, non-B hepatitis and acquaintance with another case of jaundice outside the household is suggestive of shared exposure to a common source of infection, like contaminated water, as in epidemic non-A, non-B hepatitis. Because contact with a jaundiced household member was also associated with non-A, non-B hepatitis, person-to-person transmission may be a factor as well [CDC, 1987bl. Previous reports have indicated that both epidemic and sporadic non-A, non-B hepatitis are common in nearby countries, and an outbreak of non-A, non-B hepatitis has been described in Sudan [Bassily et al, 1986;CDC, 1987a;Belabbes et al, 1985;Khuroo et al, 1983;Molinie et al, 1988;Nouasria et al, 1984;Shamma's, 1984;Zakaria et al, 19881. However, enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis has been noted to have a lower attack rate in children than in adults [CDC, 1987a,b;Khuroo, 1980;Belabbes et al, 19851. Delta hepatitis was not found to be a cause of acute hepatitis in this pediatric population, although it was diagnosed in 13% of adult hepatitis cases in a previous study [Al-Arabi et al, 19871.…”

Section: Control Hepatitis a Non-a Non-b Hepatitis B Risk Factormentioning

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Acute sporadic hepatitis in Sudanese children

Hyams

Hussain

Al-Arabi

et al. 1991

Journal of Medical Virology

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Eighty consecutive cases of acute viral hepatitis and 80 controls selected from a public pediatric clinic were entered into a study of acute sporadic hepatitis in Khartoum, Sudan. Study subjects were 14 years of age or younger and were mainly from a low socioeconomic level. Non-A, non-B hepatitis was diagnosed by exclusion in 35 (43.8%) patients, hepatitis A in 27 (33.8%), acute hepatitis B in 8 (10.0%), possible Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) hepatitis in 1 patient; and dual hepatitis A and B infection in 1 patient. Eight acute cases were positive for HBsAg but negative for anti-HBc IgM and anti-HAV IgM. Delta hepatitis was not identified in any study subject. A household case of jaundice and acquaintance with an individual outside of the household with jaundice during the prior 6 months were associated with non-A, non-B hepatitis. There was no association between parenteral exposure and non-A, non-B hepatitis. These findings suggest that enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis may be a major cause of acute sporadic hepatitis in children in this area, as well as a cause of epidemic hepatitis.

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Section: Control Hepatitis a Non-a Non-b Hepatitis B Risk Factormentioning

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Acute sporadic hepatitis in Sudanese children

Hyams

Hussain

Al-Arabi

et al. 1991

Journal of Medical Virology

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Non‐A, non‐B hepatitis in Omdurman, Sudan

Al-Arabi

Mahgoub

Ai-Hag

et al. 1987

Journal of Medical Virology

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One-hundred nineteen patients (cases) at least 13 years of age with acute hepatitis were studied to determine the viral etiology of acute hepatitis in Omdurman, Sudan. Ninety-eight control subjects (controls) were also evaluated to determine the risk factors associated with the development of clinical disease. Acute hepatitis non-A, non-B was diagnosed in 88 cases (73.9%), hepatitis B in 15 cases (12.6%), delta infection in 15 (12.6%), and hepatitis A in just one patient (0.8%). A higher percentage of hepatitis B cases had received a parenteral injection for medical therapy during the previous 6 months than control subjects (26.7% vs 4.1%, p less than 0.05). The data in this study indicate that hepatitis non-a, non-B may be the major cause of acute hepatitis in adults in this area of Sudan. The suggested association of parenteral therapy with the transmission of hepatitis B could have important implications for the spread of other parenterally-transmitted diseases.

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Non-A, non-B fulminant viral hepatitis in France in returnees from Asia and Africa

et al. 1987

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Among 61 patients admitted for non-A, non-B fulminant viral hepatitis to Hôpital Beaujon, 10 had returned from Asia or Africa, and 51 had not been outside France, within the month preceding jaundice. This suggests that hepatitis might have been contracted in Asia or Africa in the former, and in France in the latter. The interval between the onset of jaundice and the onset of hepatic encephalopathy was 10 days in the former and 26 days in the latter (P less than 0.03). The serum of the patient returning from Asia contained, and the sera of the nine patients returning from Africa did not contain, antibodies to a virus isolated from the stools of patients suffering from an epidemic fecal-oral non-A, non-B viral hepatitis in Central Asia. It is concluded that infection with Asian-African non-A, non-B viruses can be the cause of fulminant hepatitis in persons returning from these countries, that the course of this type of non-A, non-B fulminant viral hepatitis is shorter than that of non-A, non-B fulminant hepatitis contracted in France, and that different viruses might be responsible for non-A, non-B hepatitis in Asia and Africa.

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Non A non B acute hepatitis in eastern Algerian adults

Cited by 9 publications

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Acute sporadic hepatitis in Sudanese children

Acute sporadic hepatitis in Sudanese children

Non‐A, non‐B hepatitis in Omdurman, Sudan

Non-A, non-B fulminant viral hepatitis in France in returnees from Asia and Africa

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