Acute hepatitis E infection in a visitor to Louisiana.
A man from Africa had been visiting Mississippi and Louisiana when he had development of acute hepatitis. Although hepatitis E is endemic to many parts of the world and has been associated with large outbreaks, it has remained relatively uncommon in this country. With growing foreign travel and an ever-increasing number of cases reported nationally, hepatitis E infection should be considered more frequently in the differential diagnosis of acute hepatitis.
Walker
James Edward
JE
Department of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Brown
Todd Martin
TM
Hagood
Thomas Lanier
TL
Cassidy
William Morgan
WM
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D014195:Travel