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Notes from the field: Nationwide hepatitis E outbreak concentrated in informal settlements - Namibia, 2017-2020
Bustamante ND , Matyenyika SR , Miller LA , Goers M , Katjiuanjo P , Ndiitodino K , Ndevaetela EE , Kaura U , Nyarko KM , Kahuika-Crentsil L , Haufiku B , Handzel T , Teshale EH , Dziuban EJ , Nangombe BT , Hofmeister MG . MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020 69 (12) 355-357 In September 2017, Namibia’s Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) identified an increase in cases of acute jaundice in Khomas region, which includes the capital city of Windhoek. Hepatitis E is a liver disease caused by hepatitis E virus, which is transmitted by the fecal-oral route, causing symptoms consistent with acute jaundice syndrome (1). Hepatitis E is rarely fatal; however, the disease can be severe in pregnant women, resulting in fulminant hepatic failure and death (2). |
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