Acute hepatitis infection with unusually severe and prolonged course

Introduction: The authors present two cases which represent that hepatits E infection can cause unusually severe acute hepatitis or severe hepatocellular damage with prolonged jaundice. The HEV is an RNA virus which is transmitted via faecal-oral route. In the last ten years increasing number of cases reported from the developing countries. There have been a few case of chronic Hepatitis E infection reported. Case 1: A 55 years old female presented with weakness and painless jaundice. Blood tests showed significant elevations of transamiase and bilirubin levels. Serology revealed HAV IgG positivity and HAV IgM,…