Hepatitis E Infections, Victoria, Australia
In the first half of 2004, acute hepatitis E virus infections diagnosed in Victoria, Australia, increased 7-fold. Of the interviewed patients with highly reactive serologic results, 90% reported recent clinically compatible illness and overseas travel. The increase is compared with a background of e...
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| author | Benjamin C. Cowie Jim Adamopoulos Karen Carter Heath Kelly |
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| description | In the first half of 2004, acute hepatitis E virus infections diagnosed in Victoria, Australia, increased 7-fold. Of the interviewed patients with highly reactive serologic results, 90% reported recent clinically compatible illness and overseas travel. The increase is compared with a background of exposure in countries in which hepatitis E is endemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbcfbf974e1c4a40979d6b63777324282022-12-22T01:58:08ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592005-03-0111348248410.3201/eid1103.040706Hepatitis E Infections, Victoria, AustraliaBenjamin C. CowieJim AdamopoulosKaren CarterHeath KellyIn the first half of 2004, acute hepatitis E virus infections diagnosed in Victoria, Australia, increased 7-fold. Of the interviewed patients with highly reactive serologic results, 90% reported recent clinically compatible illness and overseas travel. The increase is compared with a background of exposure in countries in which hepatitis E is endemic.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/3/04-0706_articledispatchhepatitis E viruscommunicable diseasesserologic testsepidemiologytropical medicine |
| spellingShingle | Benjamin C. Cowie Jim Adamopoulos Karen Carter Heath Kelly Hepatitis E Infections, Victoria, Australia Emerging Infectious Diseases dispatch hepatitis E virus communicable diseases serologic tests epidemiology tropical medicine |
| title | Hepatitis E Infections, Victoria, Australia |
| title_full | Hepatitis E Infections, Victoria, Australia |
| title_fullStr | Hepatitis E Infections, Victoria, Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hepatitis E Infections, Victoria, Australia |
| title_short | Hepatitis E Infections, Victoria, Australia |
| title_sort | hepatitis e infections victoria australia |
| topic | dispatch hepatitis E virus communicable diseases serologic tests epidemiology tropical medicine |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/3/04-0706_article |
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