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    Notes from the field: Hepatitis E Outbreak Among Refugees from South Sudan - Gambella, Ethiopia, April 2014- January 2015

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    Browne, L B
    Menkir, Z
    Kahi, V
    Maina, G
    Asnakew, S
    Tubman, M
    Elyas, H Z
    Nigatu, A
    Dak, D
    Maung, U A
    Nakao, J H
    Bilukha, O
    Shahpar, C
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    2015-05-22
    
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    Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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    In early April 2014, two South Sudanese refugees in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia experienced acute onset of jaundice, accompanied by fever. One patient was a pregnant woman aged 24 years evaluated at a routine prenatal clinic visit in Leitchour refugee camp. The second patient was a malnourished boy aged 1 year who resided in Tierkidi refugee camp. The boy died despite hospitalization. During the last 2 weeks of May, four more cases of acute jaundice syndrome (AJS), defined as yellow discoloration of the eyes, were detected in Leitchuor. By mid-June, an additional 50 AJS cases were reported across three large camps in the region, Kule, Leitchuor, and Tierkidi, with 45 (90%) of these cases reported in Leitchuor. Sera collected from a convenience sample of 21 AJS cases were sent to Addis Ababa and Nairobi for real-time polymerase chain reaction testing; 12 (57%) were positive for hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA. By January 2015, a total of 1,117 suspected cases of hepatitis E meeting the case definition of AJS were reported among refugees in camps across Gambella.
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    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10144/556421
    PubMed ID
    25996097
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    1545-861X
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