First case report of an acute hepatitis E subgenotype 3c infection during pregnancy in Germany

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.37511

Tabatabai, J. ; Wenzel, Jürgen J.

; Soboletzki, M. ; Flux, C. ; Navid, M. Heidary ; Schnitzler, P.

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Abstract

Hepatitis E is usually a self-limiting disease and an important cause of acute hepatitis in endemic countries in Asia and Africa. However, the mortality rate for pregnant women infected with hepatitis E virus (HEV) in this area is about 25%. In Germany, sporadic cases of acute hepatitis E infections have been described and the number of autochthonous infections is increasing. Here we report an ...