A Case of Acute Hepatitis E.
- Author:
Nam Jin KIM
1
;
June Sung LEE
;
Kyung Ah KIM
;
Hye Ran LEE
;
Jang Weon OH
;
Yi Dae CHO
;
Woo Jin LEE
;
Hyun Wook BAIK
;
Young Bin JEON
;
Chung Yong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, In-Je University College of Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Korea. jslee@ilsanpaik.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Acute Hepatitis E
- MeSH:
Acute Disease;
Adult;
English Abstract;
*Hepatitis E/diagnosis/epidemiology;
Human;
Korea/epidemiology;
Male
- From:The Korean Journal of Hepatology
2002;8(3):312-316
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Hepatitis E is an infectious viral disease with clinical and morphologic features of acute hepatitis. Although HEV infection is endemic in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast and Central Asia, a large outbreak of hepatitis E was identified in China. Smaller outbreaks have been observed in the Middle East, northern and western parts of Africa, and Mexico. Sporadic hepatitis E also has been observed in several countries. In nonendemic regions, the sporadic cases of hepatitis E are almost always associated with travel to HEV-endemic regions. In Korea, there has been no report on hepatitis E. Recently, we experienced a case of acute icteric hepatitis in which serologic study showed seroconversion of IgM anti-HEV. The patient did not have any travel history to an HEV-endemic area. We report this as an initial case of acute hepatitis E in Korea.
