Volume 19, Number 2—February 2013
Letter
Imported Hepatitis E Virus, Central African Republic, 2011
Table
Chronology of events and clinical test results for 11 immigrants from India participating in a study of imported hepatitis E virus, Central African Republic, 2011*
Participant, region of origin |
Arrived in Central African Republic |
Symptomatic period, 2011 |
Biological specimen collected |
Test result | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IgM |
rRT-PCR
blood |
rRT-PCR
stool |
AST, U/L† |
ALT, U/L‡ |
||||
1, Orissa | 2011 Apr 29 | NS | Mid Jun | + | + | + | 852 | 791 |
2, Orissa | 2011 Jun 4 | NS | Mid Jun | − | + | − | 22 | 14 |
3, Orissa | 2011 Jun 4 | Late Jun | Mid Jun | + | − | − | 26 | 12 |
4, Orissa | 2011 Jun 4 | NS | Mid Jun | + | − | − | 25 | 23 |
5, West Bengal | 2011 Apr 5 | Late Jun | Mid Jun | + | − | − | 31 | 23 |
6, West Bengal | 2010 Oct 10 | Early Jul | Mid Jun | + | − | − | 9 | 7 |
7, Orissa | 2011 Apr 29 | Late May | Mid Jun | + | − | − | 23 | 18 |
8, Karnatanka | 2011 Feb 23 | Early May | Mid Jun | + | − | − | 16 | 7 |
9, Orissa | 2011 Jun 4 | Early Jul | Mid Jun | + | − | − | 19 | 12 |
10, West Bengal | 2011 Apr 5 | Early Jul | Mid Jun | + | − | − | 24 | 23 |
NC, Orissa | 2011 Apr 29 | Early Jun | Early Jun | + | + | NA | 2,100 | 840 |
*rRT-PCR, real-time reverse transcription PCR ; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; NS, not symptomatic; NC, participant whose case was notified ; NA, not available.
†Reference value 5–34 U/L.
‡Reference value 11–66 U/L.