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. 2008 Jan;14(1):165-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid1401.070307.

Hepatitis E in England and Wales

Hannah C Lewis  1 , Sophie Boisson, Samreen Ijaz, Kirsten Hewitt, Siew Lin Ngui, Elizabeth Boxall, Chong Gee Teo, Dilys Morgan
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Hepatitis E in England and Wales

Hannah C Lewis et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jan.

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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Figure 1
A) Age and sex distribution of acute hepatitis E patients, 2003–2005 (n = 604). B) Age, sex distribution, and travel associated with indigenous acute hepatitis E case-patients (n = 143). NR, not recorded.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Details of cases of acute hepatitis E (HEV) infections, 2005. *Contact with hepatitis E patients who recently returned from hyperendemic countries; †24-year-old woman infected with HEV genotype 1; ‡45-year-old Caucasian man who traveled to Iraq.
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