Korean J Hepatol.
2002 Sep;8(3):312-316.
A Case of Acute Hepatitis E
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, In-Je University College of Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Korea. jslee@ilsanpaik.ac.kr
- 2Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Hepatitis E is an infectious viral disease with clinical and morphologic features of acute hepatitis. Although HEV infection is endemic in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast and Central Asia, a large outbreak of hepatitis E was identified in China. Smaller outbreaks have been observed in the Middle East, northern and western parts of Africa, and Mexico. Sporadic hepatitis E also has been observed in several countries. In nonendemic regions, the sporadic cases of hepatitis E are almost always associated with travel to HEV-endemic regions. In Korea, there has been no report on hepatitis E. Recently, we experienced a case of acute icteric hepatitis in which serologic study showed seroconversion of IgM anti-HEV. The patient did not have any travel history to an HEV-endemic area. We report this as an initial case of acute hepatitis E in Korea.
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