Drinking water probably caused HEV at military training camp
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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of acute hepatitis at a military training camp located about 25 km east of Kathmandu, Nepal in 1995. The Nepalese Army Medical Dept promptly began an investigation to identify the cause of the outbreak and prevent its spread. A team of researchers led by Edward T. Clayson said the probable cause of HEV infection was fecally contaminated drinking water. HEV-related diseases, which are endemic to Nepal, are a major public health concern because there are no available vaccines and immune serum globulin protection is apparently minimal or even nil.
Publication Name: World Disease Weekly Plus
Subject: Health
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Year: 1998
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Research suggests TB endobronchial disease
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Primary tuberculosis is an endobronchial disease causing corresponding reductions in ventilation and perfusion. This was concluded from computerized tomography (CT) findings from a study conducted by Richard Long and colleagues, which revealed that endobronchial spread is observed in almost all patients and believed to be caused by the passage of liquefied caseous material through a necrotic bronchial wall. CT data have reconciled physiologic and radiologic TB findings, revealing that endobronchial spread invariably follows acute necrotizing pneumonia in postprimary or reactivated TB.
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