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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2022

Viral Hepatitis E Outbreaks in Refugees and Internally Displaced Populations, sub-Saharan Africa, 2010-2020.

Angel N Desai, Amir M Mohareb, Mubarak Mustafa Elkarsany, Hailemichael Desalegn, Lawrence C Madoff, Britta Lassmann

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. [Advances in hepatitis E epidemiology].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2023
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  16. Epidemiology of Hepatitis E.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023
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  18. Transmission of Hepatitis E Virus.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Angel N Desai
Amir M Mohareb
Mubarak Mustafa Elkarsany
Hailemichael Desalegn
Lawrence C Madoff
Britta Lassmann
St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College · ETInternational Society for Infectious Diseases · USTexas A&M University · USUniversity of California, Davis · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis E virus is a common cause of acute viral hepatitis. We analyzed reports of hepatitis E outbreaks among forcibly displaced populations in sub-Saharan Africa during 2010-2020. Twelve independent outbreaks occurred, and >30,000 cases were reported. Transmission was attributed to poor sanitation and overcrowding.

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