title: First report of acute autochthonous hepatitis E in Portugal.
abstract: Hepatitis E infection is usually a self-limiting disease. In industrialized countries, sporadic cases of acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections have been described; their number seems to be increasing in European countries. We report the first human case of autochthonous acute hepatitis E confirmed in Portugal. Patients with acute non-A-C hepatitis should be tested for HEV in Portugal and hepatitis E infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of unexplained hepatitis cases.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. duque.vitor@gmail.com
authors.forename: Vitor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Duque
authors.forename: Conceição
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ventura
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Seixas
authors.forename: Saraiva
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: da Cunha
authors.forename: António
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meliço-Silvestre
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011174:Portugal