Hepatitis E Epidemic, Uganda

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Teshale, Eyasu H. ; Howard, Christopher M. ; Grytdal, Scott P. ; Handzel, Thomas R. ; Barry, Vaughn ; Kamili, Saleem ; Drobeniuc, Jan ; Okware, Samuel ; Downing, Robert ; Tappero, Jordan W. ; Bakamutumaho, Barnabas ; Teo, Chong-Gee ; Ward, John W. ; Holmberg, Scott D. ; Hu, Dale J.
• Description:
  In October 2007, an epidemic of hepatitis E was suspected in Kitgum District of northern Uganda where no previous epidemics had been documented. This outbreak has progressed to become one of the largest hepatitis E outbreaks in the world. By June 2009, the epidemic had caused illness in >10,196 persons and 160 deaths.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Female Hepatitis E Hepatitis E Virus Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Pregnancy Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 16(1):123-129.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Uganda
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1e95b5dccd50d7dc0119174b5cd8042af89b5b9e09dfb8a73855e91f502e15dd1d2eb0178babf1aeedfc0425f6b9eee77345a2e28e7c6e296dd79ff25b35ee7f
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/3229/cdc_3229_DS1.pdf
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