Immunologically silent autochthonous acute hepatitis E virus infection in France |
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| Authors: | Mansuy Jean Michel Peron Jean Marie Bureau Christophe Alric Laurent Vinel Jean Pierre Izopet Jacques |
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| Affiliation: | Virology Laboratory, Purpan University Hospital, 31059 Toulouse, France. mansuy.jm@chu-toulouse.fr |
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| Abstract: | Hepatitis E is an acute and self-limiting hepatitis, and the causative agent, hepatitis E virus, is excreted in feces and orally transmitted. The disease is common in Asia and Africa, causing outbreaks or sporadic cases. In Europe, the infection is generally observed after a history of travel in an area of endemicity. We report on an autochthonous case in southwestern France in which the diagnosis was based on molecular tools rather than serological testing. |
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