TY - JOUR AU - Teshale, Eyasu H. AU - Howard, Christopher M. AU - Grytdal, Scott P. AU - Handzel, Thomas R. AU - Barry, Vaughn AU - Kamili, Saleem AU - Drobeniuc, Jan AU - Okware, Samuel AU - Downing, Robert AU - Tappero, Jordan W. AU - Bakamutumaho, Barnabas AU - Teo, Chong-Gee AU - Ward, John W. AU - Holmberg, Scott D. AU - Hu, Dale J. T1 - Hepatitis E Epidemic, Uganda T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 1 SP - 126 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In October 2007, an epidemic of hepatitis E was suspected in Kitgum District of northern Uganda where no previous epidemics had been documented. This outbreak has progressed to become one of the largest hepatitis E outbreaks in the world. By June 2009, the epidemic had caused illness in >10,196 persons and 160 deaths. KW - Viruses KW - hepatitis virus KW - epidemic KW - Uganda KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1601.090764 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/1/09-0764_article ER - End of Reference