Hepatitis E virus as a cause of acute hepatitis acquired in Switzerland.

Montserrat FragaChristopher DoerigHervé MoulinFlorian BihlFelix BrunnerBeat MüllhauptPaolo RipellinoDavid SemelaFelix Stickel Benedetta Terziroli Beretta PiccoliVincent AubertAmalio TelentiGilbert GreubRoland Sahli Darius Moradpour

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2017)

Nucleic acid-based diagnosis reveals HEV as a relevant cause of acute hepatitis in Switzerland. Middle-aged and elderly men constitute the majority of symptomatic patients. Testing for HEV should be included early in the diagnostic workup of acute hepatitis and of neuralgic amyotrophy, a typical extrahepatic manifestation of HEV genotype 3 infection.

Keyphrases

liver failure
respiratory failure
nucleic acid
drug induced
aortic dissection
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
middle aged
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors