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Hepatitis E virus infections in patients with acute hepatitis non-A-D in Sweden

Johansson, Hugo LU ; Mushahwar, Isa K ; Norkrans, Gunnar ; Weiland, Ola and Nordenfelt, Erik (1995) In Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 27(6). p.543-546
Abstract
A total of 12 patients previously treated for acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology were retrospectively found to be anti-hepatitis E virus (HEV) IgG-positive. Four patients were anti-HEV IgM- and IgG-positive consistent with an acute HEV infection. All 4 had travelled to or were immigrants from HEV-endemic countries. One anti-HEV IgM-negative patient seroconverted from anti-HEV IgG-negative to positive and 3 from anti-HEV IgG-positive to negative in 2 consecutive serum samples. Of the remaining 4 patients without anti-HEV IgM, 3 had a history of recent travel to an HEV-endemic country. Most patients were young adults and all but 1 recovered from the hepatitis. One patient with a fulminant hepatitis was anti-HEV IgG-positive when tested 4... (More)
A total of 12 patients previously treated for acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology were retrospectively found to be anti-hepatitis E virus (HEV) IgG-positive. Four patients were anti-HEV IgM- and IgG-positive consistent with an acute HEV infection. All 4 had travelled to or were immigrants from HEV-endemic countries. One anti-HEV IgM-negative patient seroconverted from anti-HEV IgG-negative to positive and 3 from anti-HEV IgG-positive to negative in 2 consecutive serum samples. Of the remaining 4 patients without anti-HEV IgM, 3 had a history of recent travel to an HEV-endemic country. Most patients were young adults and all but 1 recovered from the hepatitis. One patient with a fulminant hepatitis was anti-HEV IgG-positive when tested 4 months after a journey to Turkey. She died from her fulminant hepatitis shortly after admission. All the other patients but 1 normalized their serum liver enzymes within 1-2 months after the onset of disease. (Less)
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10.3109/00365549509047064
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  abstract     = {{A total of 12 patients previously treated for acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology were retrospectively found to be anti-hepatitis E virus (HEV) IgG-positive. Four patients were anti-HEV IgM- and IgG-positive consistent with an acute HEV infection. All 4 had travelled to or were immigrants from HEV-endemic countries. One anti-HEV IgM-negative patient seroconverted from anti-HEV IgG-negative to positive and 3 from anti-HEV IgG-positive to negative in 2 consecutive serum samples. Of the remaining 4 patients without anti-HEV IgM, 3 had a history of recent travel to an HEV-endemic country. Most patients were young adults and all but 1 recovered from the hepatitis. One patient with a fulminant hepatitis was anti-HEV IgG-positive when tested 4 months after a journey to Turkey. She died from her fulminant hepatitis shortly after admission. All the other patients but 1 normalized their serum liver enzymes within 1-2 months after the onset of disease.}},
  author       = {{Johansson, Hugo and Mushahwar, Isa K and Norkrans, Gunnar and Weiland, Ola and Nordenfelt, Erik}},
  issn         = {{1651-1980}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{6}},
  pages        = {{543--546}},
  publisher    = {{Informa Healthcare}},
  series       = {{Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases}},
  title        = {{Hepatitis E virus infections in patients with acute hepatitis non-A-D in Sweden}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00365549509047064}},
  doi          = {{10.3109/00365549509047064}},
  volume       = {{27}},
  year         = {{1995}},
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