Hepatitis E virus infection in an immigrant to the United States.
A patient who had recently traveled from India to Tennessee was found to have acute hepatitis E. Improved recognition and serologic testing have increased the diagnosis of hepatitis E in the United States. For those at risk, hepatitis E should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute hepatitis.
Smalley
D L
DL
Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee-Memphis 38105, USA.
Brewer
S C
SC
Dawson
G J
GJ
Kyrk
C
C
Waters
B
B
D000328:Adult; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D014481:United States
D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M