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Hepatitis viruses in Kathmandu, Nepal: hospital-based study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Research Notes, August 2018
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Title
Hepatitis viruses in Kathmandu, Nepal: hospital-based study
Published in
BMC Research Notes, August 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13104-018-3739-1
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Birendra Prasad Gupta, Anurag Adhikari, Santosh Chaudhary

Abstract

The objective of this study was to see the aetiology and outcome of sporadic acute viral hepatitis (AVH) in Kathmandu, Nepal. Among 210 patients, 94 (45%) were male and 116 (55%) were female. Mean age was 30 years. 52 (24.7%) out of 210 were positive for either of the hepatitis virus infection. Major causative agent for AVH among hepatitis positive patients were hepatitis E virus (HEV) in 36 (69.2%), followed by hepatitis A virus (HAV) 8 (15.3%), hepatitis B virus (HBV) 7 (13.4%) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) 1 (1.9%). The 158 (75.3%) patient were negative for all hepatitis viral markers. Co-infections with more than one virus were found in 4 (7.6%) patients. All liver-specific enzymes including bilirubin increased in hepatitis-infected patients. We found large number circulation of HEV in Kathmandu, Nepal, indicating that this region is endemic for hepatitis virus infection.

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Unknown 24 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 5 21%
Other 2 8%
Student > Postgraduate 2 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 4%
Researcher 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 12 50%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 29%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 4%
Social Sciences 1 4%
Arts and Humanities 1 4%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 12 50%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 July 2021.
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#2,503,992
of 23,102,082 outputs
Outputs from BMC Research Notes
#331
of 4,287 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#53,788
of 334,794 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Research Notes
#9
of 133 outputs
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