Sporadic Hepatitis E among Inpatients: An Epidemiological Analysis
- VernacularTitle:综合医院散发性戊型肝炎的流行病学分析
- Author:
Yi HU
;
Ruilong XU
;
Yijun ZHU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hepatitis E;
HEV-IgM antibody;
Inpatient;
Epidemiology
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2006;0(08):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To investigate the current situation of sporadic hepatitis E and analyze its epidemiologic feature among inpatients in our hospital from 2002 to 2004. METHODS The clinical records of inpatients with positive results of HEV-IgM and diagnosed for sporadic hepatitis E during the period of Jan 2002 to Dec 2004 were analyzed with epidemiological method. RESULTS Totally 329 inpatients′ HEV-IgM antibody was positive among(4 641) detected inpatients′ sera.There were 239 male inpatients who accounted for 72.64% and(90 female) inpatients who accounted for 27.36% of the total inpatients whose HEV-IgM antibody was positive.There were 272 inpatients,presenting rate of 82.67%,comed from rural areas and 57 inpatients,presenting rate of 17.33%,comed from urban areas.The case rate of sporadic hepatitis E was respectively 4.92%,6.93% and 9.17% from 2002 to 2004. CONCLUSIONS The incidence of hepatitis E is increasing in recent years,in which male inpatients are higher than females′ and rural inpatients are higher than urban ones.
