Hepatitis E — Bangladesh
[HEV is hepatitis E virus, which causes one of the 5 known viral hepatitis]. HEV spreads usually through fecal contamination of drinking water.
At least 4 people lost their lives due to HEV infection in the last few months and thousands have been infected by HEV in a large part of Chittagong city. This water-borne epidemic has challenged the capacity of supplying safe drinking water and maintaining sewerage system there, which is the second most important metropolis of Bangladesh with a
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