[A case of acute hepatitis E].
Hepatitis E is an infectious viral disease with clinical and morphologic features of acute hepatitis. Although HEV infection is endemic in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast and Central Asia, a large outbreak of hepatitis E was identified in China. Smaller outbreaks have been observed in the Middle East, northern and western parts of Africa, and Mexico. Sporadic hepatitis E also has been observed in several countries. In nonendemic regions, the sporadic cases of hepatitis E are almost always associated with travel to HEV-endemic regions. In Korea, there has been no report on hepatitis E. Recently, we experienced a case of acute icteric hepatitis in which serologic study showed seroconversion of IgM anti-HEV. The patient did not have any travel history to an HEV-endemic area. We report this as an initial case of acute hepatitis E in Korea.
Kim
Nam Jin
NJ
Department of Internal Medicine, In-Je University College of Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
Lee
June Sung
JS
Kim
Kyung Ah
KA
Lee
Hye Ran
HR
Oh
Jang Weon
JW
Cho
Yi Dae
YD
Lee
Woo Jin
WJ
Baik
Hyun Wook
HW
Jeon
Young Bin
YB
Kim
Chung Yong
CY
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male