title: [Experience in the diagnosis of hepatitis E in a tropical infectious diseases unit].
abstract: The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is endemic in some developing countries. It produces acute hepatitis in sporadic cases or epidemics. The main transmission route is faecal-oral by contaminated waters. In developed countries the cases described are more and more frequent, mainly due to population movement (travellers, immigrants, international adoptions), although there have also been increases in the local population. We currently have serological and molecular techniques for the diagnosis of this infection. We describe the experience in the diagnosis of the infection by HEV in a Paediatric Tropical Infectious Diseases Unit in Madrid.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales, Adopción Internacional y Niño Viajero, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Carlos III, Madrid, España. moralesdesiree2010@gmail.com
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morales Senosiáin
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mellado Peña
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez Angulo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Trevisi Lannoó
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García Hortelano
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014330:Tropical Medicine