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. 2010 Jan;16(1):126-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid1601.090764.

Hepatitis E epidemic, Uganda

Eyasu H Teshale  1 , Christopher M Howard, Scott P Grytdal, Thomas R Handzel, Vaughn Barry, Saleem Kamili, Jan Drobeniuc, Samuel Okware, Robert Downing, Jordan W Tappero, Barnabas Bakamutumaho, Chong Gee Teo, John W Ward, Scott D Holmberg, Dale J Hu
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Hepatitis E epidemic, Uganda

Eyasu H Teshale et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jan.

Abstract

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.

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Figure 1
Distribution of cases of jaundice during an epidemic of hepatitis E in Kitgum District, Uganda (N = 7,919), by week of report, October 2007 through January 2009.
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Figure 2
Distribution of cases of jaundice during an epidemic of hepatitis E in A) Madi Opei subcounty (n = 1,026) and B) Paloga subcounty (n = 1,248), by week of report, Kitgum District, Uganda, October 2007 through January 2009. Data are from facility-based passive surveillance.
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