Sporadic cases of acute autochthonous hepatitis E virus infection in Southwest Germany.

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.12710

Brost, S. ; Wenzel, J. J. ; Ganten, T. M. ; Filser, M. ; Flechtenmacher, C. ; Boehm, S. ; Astani, A. ; Jilg, W. ; Zeier, M. ; Schnitzler, P.

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Abstract

Hepatitis E infection is usually a self-limiting disease and an important cause of acute hepatitis in tropical and subtropical regions where the virus is endemic. In industrialized countries, sporadic cases of acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections have been described and the number of documented autochthonous infections seems to be increasing. We report three sporadic cases of autochthonous ...