title: A case of acute hepatitis E in Victoria.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of acute hepatitis E in Victoria, confirmed by laboratory investigations.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 10-year-old boy presented for medical attention with a seven-day history of anorexia and jaundice, 17 days after arriving from Pakistan. The diagnosis of acute hepatitis E was suspected after exclusion of the known causes of viral hepatitis, and was further established by specific antibody testing and identification of hepatitis E virus-like particles in a faecal sample collected three weeks after the onset of illness.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient was managed at home, treated symptomatically and made a complete recovery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In patients who arrive from countries where hepatitis E is endemic, and who develop non-A, non-B, non-C viral hepatitis, hepatitis E should be considered as a possible diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Virology Department, Fairfield Hospital, VIC.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Moaven
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Fuller
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Doultree
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Bowden
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Moeckli
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Locarnini
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan; D014195:Travel; D014739:Victoria