Outbreak of Epidemic Jaundice Caused by Hepatitis A virus in Bani Walid City 2017-2018

Abstract

Hepatitis A and E viruses infections are one of the pandemic infections in Africa. The study's objective is to identify and count the incidence of jaundice during an epidemic period in Bani Walid City.

Data were collected using a structural questionnaire for all cases that were infected with epidemic jaundice in Central Bani Walid Hospital during a period from October (2017) to January (2018). According to recorded data, the etiology of all 68 jaundice cases is hepatitis A virus. Nearly the rates of affected males and females cases. The most affected age groups were 10-19 years. The levels of bilirubin were ranged from 1.5-3.0. The incidence of infected cases increased in Nov and Dec 2017 and declined in January