An outbreak of suspected water-borne epidemic non-A non-B hepatitis in northern Botswana with a high prevalence of hepatitis B carriers and hepatitis delta markers among patients

Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis: A Prospective St

Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis: A Prospective Study of a Hemodialysis Outbreak with Evaluation of a Serologic Marker in Patients and Staff

✍ Gary Gitnick; Steven Weiss; Lacy R. Overby; Chung-Mei Ling; Ruben Chairez; Khosr 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 652 KB

An outbreak of non-A, non-B hepatitis (NANBH) in a hemodialysis unit was prospectively studied and the clinical, biochemical, and serologic events were correlated with an experimental immunodiffusion assay for serum antigen and antibody. One hundred sixteen subjects (76 dialysis patients and 40 staf