TY - JOUR
T1 - A case of autochthonous hepatitis E with a rare viral genotype (HEV-3f) and intractable jaundice
AU - Suzuki, Yusuke
AU - Nishigaki, Yoichi
AU - Takahashi, Kazuaki
AU - Nakano, Tatsunori
AU - Hayashi, Hideki
AU - Naiki, Takafumi
AU - Kato, Tomohiro
AU - Tomita, Eiichi
AU - Arai, Masahiro
AU - Mishiro, Shunji
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Japan Society of Hepatology.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - We experienced a case of acute hepatitis E who developed persistent jaundice for as long as six months. The phylogenetic tree analysis indicated that the hepatitis E virus (HEV) isolate obtained from the patient lived in Gifu was included in the HEV subtype 3f (HEV- 3f) cluster and the isolate clustered with two HEV-3f isolates previously reported in Japan. Interestingly, our patient and the two others had no history of travel abroad, e.g. to Europa, where HEV-3f strains are endemic. The source and the route of the HEV-3f infection are unknown and the specific symptoms of HEV- 3f infection are not well-known in Japan, either. We should reveal the characteristics of HEV-3f infection in Japan by accumulating cases.
AB - We experienced a case of acute hepatitis E who developed persistent jaundice for as long as six months. The phylogenetic tree analysis indicated that the hepatitis E virus (HEV) isolate obtained from the patient lived in Gifu was included in the HEV subtype 3f (HEV- 3f) cluster and the isolate clustered with two HEV-3f isolates previously reported in Japan. Interestingly, our patient and the two others had no history of travel abroad, e.g. to Europa, where HEV-3f strains are endemic. The source and the route of the HEV-3f infection are unknown and the specific symptoms of HEV- 3f infection are not well-known in Japan, either. We should reveal the characteristics of HEV-3f infection in Japan by accumulating cases.
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U2 - 10.2957/kanzo.57.614
DO - 10.2957/kanzo.57.614
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85000995910
SN - 0451-4203
VL - 57
SP - 614
EP - 616
JO - Kanzo/Acta Hepatologica Japonica
JF - Kanzo/Acta Hepatologica Japonica
IS - 11
ER -