Clinical characteristics of hepatitis E in a "Non-Endemic" population

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1899-1902

  Turner, Jeff ^a   Godkin, Andrew ^b   Neville, Peter ^c   Kingham, Jerry ^d   Ch'ng, Chin Lye ^d  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c NEVILL HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Epidemiology; Indigenous; Jaundice; Liver function tests

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; WALES;

EID: 79952198345     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21905     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Aggarwal R, Krawczynski K. 2000. Hepatitis E: An overview and recent advances in clinical and laboratory research. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 15: 9-20.
2. Balayan MS. 1997. Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus infection. J Viral Hepat 4: 155-165.
3. Balayan MS, Andjaparidze AG, Savinskaya SS, Ketiladze ES, Braginsky DM, Savinov AP, Poleschuk VF. 1983. Evidence for a virus in non-A, non-B hepatitis transmitted via the fecal-oral route. Intervirology 20: 23-31.
4. Banks M, Heath GS, Grierson SS, King DP, Gresham A, Girones R, Widen F, Harrison TJ. 2004. Evidence for the presence of hepatitis E virus in pigs in the United Kingdom. Vet Rec 154: 223-227.
5. Bernal W, Smith HM, Williams R. 1996. A community prevalence study of antibodies to hepatitis A and E in inner-city London. J Med Virol 49: 230-234.
6. Dalton HR, Thurairajah PH, Fellows HJ, Hussaini HS, Mitchell J, Bendall R, Banks M, Ijaz S, Teo CG, Levine DF. 2007. Autochthonous hepatitis E in southwest England. J Viral Hepat 14: 304-309.
7. Dalton HR, Stableforth W, Thurairajah P, Hazeldine S, Remnarace R, Usama W, Farrington L, Hamad N, Sieberhagen C, Ellis V, Mitchell J, Hussaini SH, Banks M, Ijaz S, Bendall RP. 2008. Autochthonous hepatitis E in Southwest England: Natural history, complications and seasonal variation, and hepatitis E virus IgG seroprevalence in blood donors, the elderly and patients with chronic liver disease. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 20: 784-790.
8. Dalton HR, Bendall RP, Keane FE, Tedder RS, Ijaz S. 2009. Persistent carriage of hepatitis E virus in patients with HIV infection. N Engl J Med 361: 1025-1027.
9. Emerson SU, Arankalle VA, Purcell RH. 2005. Thermal stability of hepatitis E virus. J Infect Dis 192: 930-933.
10. Ijaz S, Arnold E, Banks M, Bendall RP, Cramp ME, Cunningham R, Dalton HR, Harrison TJ, Hill SF, Macfarlene L, Meigh RE, Shafi S, Sheppard MJ, Smithson J, Wilson MP, Teo CG. 2005. Non-travel-associated hepatitis E in England and Wales: Demographic, clinical, and molecular epidemiological characteristics. J Infect Dis 192: 1166-1172.
11. Kamar N, Selves J, Mansuy JM, Ouezzani L, Peron JM, Guitard J, Cointault O, Esposito L, Abravanel F, Danjoux M, Durand D, Vinel JP, Izopet J, Rostaing L. 2008. Hepatitis E virus and chronic hepatitis in organ-transplant recipients. N Engl J Med 358: 811-817.
12. Khuroo MS, Rustgi VK, Dawson GJ, Mushahwar IK, Yattoo GN, Kamili S, Khan BA. 1994. Spectrum of hepatitis E virus infection in India. J Med Virol 43: 281-286.
13. Lewis HC, Boisson S, Ijaz S, Hewitt K, Ngui SL, Boxall E, Teo CG, Morgan D. 2008. Hepatitis E in England and Wales. Emerg Infect Dis 14: 165-167.
14. Lu L, Li C, Hagedorn CH. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of global hepatitis E virus sequences: Genetic diversity, subtypes and zoonosis. Rev Med Virol 16: 5-36.
15. Meng XJ, Purcell RH, Halbur PG, Lehman JR, Webb DM, Tsareva TS, Haynes JS, Thacker BJ, Emerson SU. 1997. A novel virus in swine is closely related to the human hepatitis E virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 94: 9860-9865.
16. Meng XJ, Halbur PG, Shapiro MS, Govindarajan S, Bruna JD, Mushahwar IK, Purcell RH, Emerson SU. 1998. Genetic and experimental evidence for cross-species infection by swine hepatitis E virus. J Virol 72: 9714-9721.
17. Meng XJ, Dea S, Engle RE, Friendship R, Lyoo YS, Sirinarumitr T, Urairong K, Wang D, Wong D, Yoo D, Zhang Y, Purcell RH, Emerson SU. 1999. Prevalence of antibodies to the hepatitis E virus in pigs from countries where hepatitis E is common or is rare in the human population. J Med Virol 59: 297-302.
18. Quiroga JA, Cotonat T, Castillo I, Carreno V. 1996. Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence in acute viral hepatitis in a developed country confirmed by a supplemental assay. J Med Virol 50: 16-19.
19. Renou C, Moreau X, Pariente A, Cadranel JF, Maringe E, Morin T, Causse X, Payen JL, Izopet J, Nicand E, Bourliere M, Penaranda G, Hardwigsen J, Gerolami R, Peron JM, Pavio N, ANGH, France. 2008. A national survey of acute hepatitis E in France. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 27: 1086-1093.
20. Reyes GR, Purdy MA, Kim JP, Luk KC, Young LM, Fry KE, Bradley DW. 1990. Isolation of a cDNA from the virus responsible for enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis. Science 247: 1335-1339.
21. Thomas DL, Yarbough PO, Vlahov D, Tsarev SA, Nelson KE, Saah AJ, Purcell RH. 1997. Seroreactivity to hepatitis E virus in areas where the disease is not endemic. J Clin Microbiol 35: 1244-1247.
22. Worm HC, van der Poel WH, Brandstatter G. 2002. Hepatitis E: An overview. Microbes Infect 4: 657-666.