Autochthone Hepatitis-E-Virus-Infektion als Ursache der akuten Hepatitis in Deutschland – eine Kasuistik. - University of Regensburg Publication Server

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.20317

Veitt, R. ; Reichardt, M. ; Wenzel, J. J. ; Jilg, W.

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Abstract

There is an increasing body of evidence that hepatitis E virus (HEV) triggers acute hepatitis not only in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, and America with low sanitary standards but also in highly industrialized countries. We here report on two patients from Thuringia (Germany) with a HEV infection without a recent stay abroad. All other common causes of hepatitis were excluded. ...