Aleemuzzaman Sheikh, Masahiko Sugitani, Noriko Kinukawa, Mitsuhiko Moriyama et al.
This is the first study comparing hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in Bangladesh in fulminant hepatitis (FH) patients presumed to have a viral cause and in the apparently healthy population. Sera from 22 FH patients were analyzed for antibodies to hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), h...
Masahiko Sugitani, Akinori Tamura, Yohko K. Shimizu, Aleemuzzaman Sheikh et al.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) in Bangladesh has not been adequately documented. We report HEV RNA and genotype detection in Bangladesh. METHODS: In total, 82 samples were used; 36 sporadic acute hepatitis (AH), 12 fulminant hepatitis (FH), 14 chronic liver disease (CLD) and 20 from an app...
Masahiko Sugitani, Aleemuzzaman Sheikh, Kyoko Suzuki, Noriko Kinukawa et al.
In a recent investigation of hepatitis in Bangladesh, the sera from 74 adult patients (aged 15-67 years) who had been clinically diagnosed as cases of sporadic acute hepatitis were collected at various hospitals in and around Dhaka. Five cases were positive for IgM antibody against the hepatitis A v...
Masahiko Sugitani, Aqleem A. Sheikh, Akinori Tamura, Yoji Shimizu et al.