title: [Nine cases of sporadic acute hepatitis E in Korea].
abstract: Hepatitis E virus is an enterically transmitted virus that causes endemic cases of acute hepatitis in many countries in Africa, and Southeast and Central Asia. Sporadic cases of acute hepatitis E also have been reported in developed countries. In non-endemic areas, most of the sporadic cases of hepatitis E are introduced from the endemic areas. Until now, only three cases of acute hepatitis E have been reported in Korea. Recently, we experienced nine cases of acute hepatitis, in which serologic studies showed positive of IgM anti-HEV. We report these as cases of acute hepatitis E. These cases suggest that HEV infection occurs sporadically in Korea and should be considered as a cause of cryptogenic acute hepatitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Chan Sun
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jung Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Mi Hyun
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Taeg Soo
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young-Suk
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Seok Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Gang Mo
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young-Hwa
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Yung Sang
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dong Jin
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Suh
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged