Risk of Enterically Transmitted Hepatitis A, Hepatitis E, Andplasmodium Falciparummalaria in Afghanistan

positivity. In total, 102 anicteric patients were included. The ratio of male to female subjects was 3:4, and the median age of patients was 32.5 years (range, 5‐65 years). Hepatitis A virus IgG was detected in 101 (99%) of the specimens; the only sample with negative results had been obtained from a child aged 5 years (table 1). Twenty-nine specimens tested positive for hepatitis E virus IgG (28.4%); hepatitis E virus IgM and hepatitis E virus RNA were not detected. The seroprevalence of P. falciparum malaria was 4.9%. The cohort of subjects included in this study is not representative of the Afghan population. However, as expected, hepatitis A is highly endemic in Afghanistan; the country displays the usual pattern of feco-orally transmitted agents in childhood. Hepatitis E is highly endemic in the urban area of Kabul, with a high risk of sporadic cases and outbreaks among