Hepatitis E Epidemiology in Bangladesh

In a rural area, the incidence of hepatitis E infection was 64 per 1000 person-years.

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) has become the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis in many regions, including South Asia. Investigators recently conducted a longitudinal cohort study in rural Bangladesh — where HEV is endemic — to assess the infection rate during an 18-month period.

Randomly selected participants were interviewed to obtain health and socioeconomic data, and serum was collected for baseline HEV antibody testing. Children aged <1 year were excluded.

At baseline, 23% of 1134 participants were seropositive for HEV. Among the remaining 879 participants, 795 completed 12-month follow-up; 49 became HEV seropositive during the interim. And among the 746 participants who were still seronegative at 12 months, 716 completed 18-month foll…

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Mary E. Wilson, MD

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Consultant/Advisory BoardOneHealthTrust (formerly Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics, and Policy); Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin

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Mary E. Wilson, MD

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Consultant/Advisory BoardOneHealthTrust (formerly Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics, and Policy); Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin

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Hepatitis E Epidemiology in Bangladesh

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