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Original Article
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Korean J Med. 2008;74(1):74-77.
- 증례 : 해외 유입에 의한 급성 E형 간염 1예
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이재경, 김연주, 김인경, 백우현, 이창현, 홍경섭, 정용진
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- An influx case of acute hepatitis E from the endemic area
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Jae Kyung Lee, Youn Joo Kim, In Kyoung Kim, Woo Hyun Paik, Chang Hyun Lee, Kyoung-Sup Hong, Yong Jin Jung
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경희대학교 의과대학 순환기내과학교실
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- Abstract
- Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an enterically transmitted, non-enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded virus. It is a frequent cause of acute viral hepatitis in India, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Africa, and Central America. Several cases of acute hepatitis E have recently been reported in non-endemic countries. In Korea, clinical HEV infection has traditionally been rare, but 4 reports have recently described 11 domestic and 2 imported cases. We describe a case of acute hepatitis E in a patient with recent travel history and now report it as an influx from the endemic area.
Keywords :Hepatitis E virus, Acute hepatitis E, Anti-HEV
