Hepatitis E is a liver disease caused by the
hepatitis E virus: a non-enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus. Every year there are 20 million hepatitis E
infections, over three million acute cases of hepatitis E, and 70 000 hepatitis
E-related deaths. Hepatitis E is usually self-limiting but may develop into
fulminant hepatitis (acute liver failure).
Symptoms
Jaundice
Loss of appetite
An enlarged liver
Abdominal pain and tenderness
Fever and vomiting
There is no available treatment capable of altering
the course of acute hepatitis. Prevention is the most effective approach
against the disease.
18 killed in hepatitis E outbreak in Maharashtra
Eighteen people have been killed in
Ichalkaranji city, 300 kms. South of Mumbai, because of outbreak of hepatitis
E. The outbreak was caused by contaminated water from the city's Panchganga River.
An outbreak of hepatitis E has
struck the western Indian state of Maharashtra killing at least 18 people and
leaving over 4,000 sick, officials said Wednesday.
City authorities suspect the
outbreak in the Ichalkaranji city was caused by contaminated water from the
city's main Panchganga river. The city has a population of 300,000 and is
situated 300 kilometers south of Mumbai.
"Fifteen people were killed in
Ichalkaranji while three more were killed in its surrounding areas in the
outbreak over the past month," the city's chief health official Sunil
Sangewar said. Most deaths occurred in the past fortnight.
"The main reason for the
outbreak is leaks from sewage pipes and industrial effluents mixing with the
Panchganga, making it highly polluted," he said, adding authorities had
taken measures to stop the contamination.
While several hundred patients taken
ill with hepatitis have been treated, around 300 patients were under medical
care in the city, he said.
Schools, colleges and restaurants in
the city have been shut down for eight days in an effort to control the spread
of the disease.
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