Sporadic Hepatitis E in Austria

To the Editor: The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is known to cause enterically transmitted epidemic and sporadic forms of hepatitis in tropical and subtropical countries. HEV has been reported occasionally in areas where the disease is not endemic 1 ; however, such infections are predominantly associated...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 339; no. 21; pp. 1554 - 1555
Main Authors Frösner, Gert, Worm, Harald C, Wurzer, Herbert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 19.11.1998
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Aged
Austria
Hepatitis Antibodies - blood
Hepatitis E - complications
Hepatitis E - diagnosis
Hepatitis E virus - immunology
Humans
Jaundice - etiology
Male
Austria
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Summary:To the Editor: The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is known to cause enterically transmitted epidemic and sporadic forms of hepatitis in tropical and subtropical countries. HEV has been reported occasionally in areas where the disease is not endemic 1 ; however, such infections are predominantly associated with a history of travel to tropical or subtropical countries. Recently, HEV variants have been isolated in areas where the disease is not endemic, such as the United States (variant, HEV US-1). 2 The impact of this finding on the incidence of hepatitis in Western Europe is unclear. We report a case of sporadic hepatitis E . . .
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJM199811193392115