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A sero-epidemiologic study of a water-borne epidemic of viral hepatitis in Kolhapur City, India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

M. A. Sreenivasan ,
A. Sehgal ,
S. R. Prasad  and
S. Dhorje
M. A. Sreenivasan
Affiliation:
National Institute of Virology, (Indian Council of Medical Research), 20-A Dr Ambedkar Road, Post Box 11, Pune 411 001, India
A. Sehgal
Affiliation:
National Institute of Virology, (Indian Council of Medical Research), 20-A Dr Ambedkar Road, Post Box 11, Pune 411 001, India
S. R. Prasad
Affiliation:
National Institute of Virology, (Indian Council of Medical Research), 20-A Dr Ambedkar Road, Post Box 11, Pune 411 001, India
S. Dhorje
Affiliation:
National Institute of Virology, (Indian Council of Medical Research), 20-A Dr Ambedkar Road, Post Box 11, Pune 411 001, India
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Between February and March 1981 an epidemic of hepatitis occurred in Kolhapur City, Maharashtra State, India. Approximately 1200 cases of jaundice were reported; more than 300 patients were hospitalized and three died. The epidemiological investigations showed a distinct concentration of cases in municipal ward E of the city. Investigations of the ward E water supply system disclosed gross contamination of raw water with sewage at source. The serological studies revealed that the aetiological agent responsible for this epidemic was neither hepatitis A virus nor hepatitis B virus but was likely to have been due to a non-A, non-B hepatitis virus.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 93 , Issue 1 , August 1984 , pp. 113 - 122
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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