title: Hepatitis E infections, Victoria, Australia.
abstract: In the first half of 2004, acute hepatitis E virus infections diagnosed in Victoria, Australia, increased 7-fold. Of the interviewed patients with highly reactive serologic results, 90% reported recent clinically compatible illness and overseas travel. The increase is compared with a background of exposure in countries in which hepatitis E is endemic.
authors.affiliation: Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. Benjamin.Cowie@mh.org.au
authors.forename: Benjamin C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Cowie
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adamopoulos
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: Heath
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014739:Victoria / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G