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KMID : 0602620020080030312
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Korean Journal of Hepatology
2002 Volume.8 No. 3 p.312 ~ p.316
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A Case of Acute Hepatitis E
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김남진/Nam Jin Kim
이준성/김경아/이혜란/오장원/조이대/이우진/백현욱/전영빈/김정룡*/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*
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Abstract
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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.
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