OBJECTIVE
To estimate the incidence of acute sporadic viral hepatitis and describe its epidemiology in an urban population.
DESIGN
A retrospective community survey for jaundice cases.
SETTING
Headquarter town of a tribal district, Bastar, in Madhya Pradesh state, India.
METHOD
Trained paramedics surveyed about 51,643 population to detect cases of jaundice which occurred in the past one ye...
