title: Fatal outcome of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection in a traveler with incomplete HAV vaccination and evidence of Rift Valley Fever virus infection.
abstract: Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is rarely fatal except in patients with chronic liver disease. In the case reported here, an elderly women died of HAV infection 12 years after incomplete HAV vaccination. The possible role of a concordant Rift Valley fever virus infection acquired in Kenya is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Virology, Berlin Charité University Medicine, Helmut-Ruska-Haus, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Anke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oltmann
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kämper
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Staeck
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidt-Chanasit
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Günther
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: Detlev H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Krüger
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hofmann