Hepatitis E: aparición de casos esporádicos en el Área de Salud de Mérida
| Autor: | Macarena Calvente de Rávena, Raquel de la Fuente del Río, María Pierna Álvarez, Valentín Moreno Carbonell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty biology Transmission (medicine) business.industry Public health Incidence (epidemiology) Biochemistry (medical) Clinical Biochemistry Zoonosis Hepatitis E medicine.disease Virology Contaminated water 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine Wild boar biology.animal Environmental health medicine 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology business Acute hepatitis |
| Zdroj: | Revista del Laboratorio Clínico. 9:9-12 |
| ISSN: | 1888-4008 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.labcli.2015.11.001 |
| Popis: | Virus infection hepatitis E (HEV) is a serious public health problem in many developing countries, mainly self-limited acute hepatitis caused by drinking contaminated water. In industrialized countries, acute hepatitis E has a punctual incidence detected although more serious incident. It is detected in travelers from endemic areas and incidental circumstances due to raw or undercooked pork consumption or contact. A study of cases of hepatitis E was taken in Merida Health Area during the period of January 2013 to June 2015. As a result, nine cases were detected between September 2014 to June 2015. These cases were characterized by transaminases elevation. In addition, five of them presented HEV-disease predisposition risk factors. Sporadic cases were the result in our area. The route of HEV transmission has not been identified. However, zoonosis is suggested as the most probably transmission via. Domestic pigs and wild boar are the principal HEV reservoirs, which present an enormous importance over nutrition and agriculture in the Extremadura Area. |
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