Acute hepatitis E virus infection in an HIV-infected person in the United States.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an enterically transmitted cause of viral hepatitis rarely noted without international travel. OBJECTIVE: To report the first case of an HIV-infected man with acute hepatitis due to HEV infection who had not traveled outside the United States.