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Epidemiology of a jaundice outbreak in Rairangpur town in Orissa
D Bora1, C Prakash, J Bhattacharjee
1National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi.
The Journal of Communicable Diseases
|March 1, 1993
Abstract:
A jaundice epidemic broke out in Rairangpur town of Orissa during December 1989 to January 1990. The attack rate was 1.2 per cent with 89.8 per cent cases among 11-40 years age group. Male-female ratio of cases was 2.3:1. The source of infection was traced to contamination of drinking water from leakage in the pipe line which was confirmed by a subsequent case control study. The outbreak was due to enterically transmitted Non A Non B hepatitis virus.