Aetiology of acute sporadic hepatitis in adults in Kenya |
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| Authors: | C Greenfield P Karayiannis B M Wankya M V Shah P Tukei S Galpin T P Jowett H C Thomas |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Medicine, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, Rowland Hill Street, London;2. Nairobi, Kenya, and Department of Medicine, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, Rowland Hill Street, London;3. Kenyatta National Hospital, Virus Research Centre, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, Rowland Hill Street, London |
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| Abstract: | Markers for acute hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis non-A, non-B (HNANB) infections were examined in the sera of 94 patients presenting with acute hepatitis in Kenya. Hepatitis B virus was responsible for 70% of cases, HNANB for 18%, and HAV for only 12%. The use of an IgM anti-HBc assay increased the rate of diagnosis of acute HBV infection, thereby reducing the proportion of cases designated as NANB. |
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| Keywords: | viral hepatitis hepatitis A, B non-A non-B |
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