Hepatitis E in England and Wales

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2008 Feb 9

PMID 18258100

Citations 20

Authors

Hannah C Lewis

Sophie Boisson

Samreen Ijaz

Kirsten Hewitt

Siew Lin Ngui

Elizabeth Boxall

Chong Gee Teo

Dilys Morgan

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Abstract

In 2005, 329 cases of hepatitis E virus infection were confirmed in England and Wales; 33 were confirmed indigenous infections, and a further 67 were estimated to be indigenous infections. Hepatitis E should be considered in the investigation of patients with hepatitis even if they have no history of travel.

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