title: First case report of an acute genotype 3 hepatitis E infected pregnant woman living in South-Eastern France.
abstract: In European countries, epidemiology of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is not well known. Although, seroprevalence of HEV Immunoglobulin G reached a few percent in European women, no acute hepatitis E during pregnancy has been described so far. Here, we report a case of an autochthonous HEV genotype 3 infection in a 41-years-old pregnant woman living in a non-endemic country. The acute hepatitis had a spontaneous good outcome for the mother and the child. In non-endemic areas where Hepatitis E infections are emerging, unexplained cytolysis, whatever its level, in a pregnant woman could be investigated for HEV, using biological molecular and serology tools.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), U895, Nice F-06204, Cedex 3, France. rodolphe.anty@laposte.net
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anty
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ollier
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Péron
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nicand
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cannavo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bongain
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Giordanengo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D005838:Genotype; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral