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Hepatitis E in Germany – an emerging infection?
M Sichler, G Behrens, M Leitzmann, W Jilg, JJ Wenzel · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2013 · Heft 01
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Introduction: In the past decade, an increasing frequency of acute hepatitis E was noted in Germany and other European countries, the majority of cases being acquired in Germany (autochthonous cases) caused by genotype 3. A previous study found a very high prevalence (17%) of antibodies against hepatitis E in the adult German population. However, despite these characteristics pointing to an emerging infection, two recent reports from Denmark and England showed that the prevalence of anti-HEV has decreased over the past 50 years. In order to investigate the time trends of hepatitis E infection in Germany, we perf…
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Germany
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Hepatitis
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Denmark
Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
