An outbreak of hepatitis E and high maternal mortality at Port Sudan, Eastern Sudan

Pathogens and Global Health

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 66-68

  Rayis, Duria A ^a   Jumaa, Ammar M ^b   Gasim, Gasim I ^b   Karsany, Mubark S ^c   Adam, Ishag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b Red Sea University   (Sudan)

^c KARARY UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; Pregnancy; Sudan; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDAN; BLOOD; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PARITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SUDAN;

EID: 84875418684     PISSN: 20477724     EISSN: 20477732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047773213Y.0000000076     Document Type: Article

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