Nepal: Hepatitis E outbreak interrupts peace talks

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Source: International Herald Tribune, Associated Press
report [edited]
Nepal's 84-year-old prime minister, 6 members of his
Cabinet and 25 staff at his residence have fallen ill
with hepatitis E, doctors and officials said on Wed 14
Feb 2007. The outbreak of the food- and water-borne
illness has come at a crucial point in Nepal's peace
process aimed at ending a decade-old Maoist insurgency.

E型肝炎は上記の通りfoodborneで、昔、岡大にいたときネパールからの留学生がいて調査していた。妊婦が罹患すると劇症肝炎のリスクが高まる。