Unveiling hepatitis E virus diversity in Sudan’s internally displaced populations: a molecular epidemiology approach
Hytham A. Osman, Wafaa M. K. Bakr, Mona H. Hashish, Isam M. Elkhidir, Shahinaz Bedri, Samuel O. Oyola, Helene Norder, Ekram W. Abd El-Wahab · 2025
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Displaced people drinking unsafe water are prime targets for hepatitis E, and Hytham Osman and co-authors surveyed a camp of internally displaced Sudanese in Blue Nile State. Over a thousand residents gave blood during the 2021 rainy season; three quarters carried antibodies showing past infection. Twenty recent infections were tested for viral RNA, and eighteen yielded clean sequences.
Every sequenced virus was genotype 1, subtype 1e, kin to strains from Chad and Nigeria, evidence of a regional family circulating across borders with little change. The authors note the single camp and faint viral loads limit the picture. They call for sustained surveillance in displacement settings, where sanitation failures can turn a waterborne virus into an epidemic among people with nowhere else to go.
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| CREATOR | Hytham A. Osman, Wafaa M. K. Bakr, Mona H. Hashish, Isam M. Elkhidir, Shahinaz Bedri, Samuel O. Oyola, Helene Norder, Ekram W. Abd El-Wahab |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |