Table 1.
Characteristics of children aged 2–18 years (n = 123) with acute viral hepatitis.
| Age, years | 6.4 ± 0.4 |
| Sex | |
| Male | 73 (59.3) |
| Female | 50 (40.7) |
| Residence | |
| Rural | 75 (61.0) |
| Urban | 48 (39.0) |
| Animal contact | |
| Yes | 27 (22.0) |
| No | 96 (78.0) |
| Water source | |
| Tap water | 96 (78.0) |
| Underground well | 27 (22.0) |
| Blood transfusion | |
| Yes | 2 (1.6) |
| No | 121 (98.4) |
| Clinical presentation | |
| Symptomatic | 110 (89.4) |
| Asymptomatic | 13 (10.6) |
| Fulminant disease | |
| Yes | 5 (4.1) |
| No | 118 (95.9) |
| Outcome | |
| Survived | 118 (95.9) |
| Died | 5 (4.1) |
| Type of infection | |
| Isolated infectiona | 79 (64.2) |
| Mixed infectionb | 11 (8.9) |
| Non hepatitis A–E viral infection | 33 (26.8) |
Data presented as mean ± SD or n (%).
a
Hepatitis due to a single hepatotropic virus.
b
Hepatitis due to more than one hepatotropic virus.