[Nine cases of sporadic acute hepatitis E in Korea].
Korean J Hepatol
; 12(2): 230-6, 2006 Jun.
Article
en Ko
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16804348
ABSTRACT
Hepatitis E virus is an enterically transmitted virus that causes endemic cases of acute hepatitis in many countries in Africa, and Southeast and Central Asia. Sporadic cases of acute hepatitis E also have been reported in developed countries. In non-endemic areas, most of the sporadic cases of hepatitis E are introduced from the endemic areas. Until now, only three cases of acute hepatitis E have been reported in Korea. Recently, we experienced nine cases of acute hepatitis, in which serologic studies showed positive of IgM anti-HEV. We report these as cases of acute hepatitis E. These cases suggest that HEV infection occurs sporadically in Korea and should be considered as a cause of cryptogenic acute hepatitis.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Hepatitis E
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Ko
Revista:
Korean J Hepatol
Asunto de la revista:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article