Autochthonous acute hepatitis E: an increasingly frequent diagnosis. Clinical-epidemiological analysis of our experience

Background: In Europe, acute hepatitis caused by the hepatitis E virus (HEV) traditionally was an infection found in people who had travelled to endemic zones, mainly Asia and Africa. However, a growing number of sporadic autochthonous cases are now being diagnosed in the Western world. Objective: T...

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Main Authors: Luzdivina Monteserín-Ron, Marcos Jiménez-Palacios, Pedro Linares-Torres, Aleida Miguel-Peña, Begoña Álvarez-Cuenllas, Emilio D. Valverde-Romero, Isabel Fernández-Natal, Francisco Jorquera-Plaza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082017000500005&lng=en&tlng=en