First report of acute autochthonous hepatitis E in Portugal | Zendy

Vítor Duque | Zendy; Conceição Ventura | Zendy; Diana Seixas | Zendy; Saraiva da Cunha | Zendy; A MeliçoSilvestre | Zendy

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First report of acute autochthonous hepatitis E in Portugal

Author(s) -

Vítor Duque,

Conceição Ventura,

Diana Seixas,

Saraiva da Cunha,

A MeliçoSilvestre

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.2078

Subject(s) - acute hepatitis , medicine , hepatitis e virus , hepatitis , virology , hepatitis a , hepatitis e , viral hepatitis , disease , limiting , hepatitis a virus , immunology , virus , biology , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , genotype , engineering , gene

Hepatitis E infection is usually a self-limiting disease. In industrialized countries, sporadic cases of acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections have been described; their number seems to be increasing in European countries. We report the first human case of autochthonous acute hepatitis E confirmed in Portugal. Patients with acute non-A-C hepatitis should be tested for HEV in Portugal and hepatitis E infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of unexplained hepatitis cases.

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