Table 4 Case-fatality rates (CFRs) of HEV infection
From: A systematic review of the epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in Africa
Country | Year | Case-fatality rate (n = no. of cases) | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pregnant female | Overall | |||
CARa | 2002 | 20% (n = 5) | 1.8% (n = 222) | [34] |
Chad | 2004 | NAb | 3.0% (n = 989) | [37] |
Eritrea | 1988-89 | NA | 0% (n = 423) | [44] |
Ethiopia | 1988-91 | 42.1% (n = 19) | NA | [6] |
Kenya | 2012 | 12.5% (n = 72) | 2.9% (n = 339) | [80] |
Somalia | 1988-9 | 13.8% (n = NA) | 3.0% (n = 11,413) | [94] |
South Sudan | 2012-3 | 10.4% (n = 211) | NA | [99] |
Sudan | 2004 | 31.1% (n = 61) | 17.8% (n = 253) | [101] |
|  | 2004 | 31.1% (n = 61) | 1.7% (n = 2,621) | [100] |
|  | 2004 | NA | 1.7% (n = 2,472) | [37] |
Uganda | 2008 | NA | 1.5% (n = 9,648) | [123] |