Background The epidemiology of viral hepatitis has changed. Since the introduction of safe
and effective vaccines for hepatitis A and B in 1980s, the incidence of acute infections …

Objectives To approach the role of viral hepatitis in all adult with acute hepatitis, identify the
current share of each virus A, B, C and E in the genesis of hepatitis and to study the …

Objective: To investigate the etiology of acute hepatitis in adult patients admitted in a
hospital. Methods: The study included all acute hepatitis patients admitted in the Infectious …

Acute viral hepatitis affects all ages worldwide. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is increasingly
recognized as a major cause of acute hepatitis in Europe. Because knowledge of its …

Background Hepatitis E virus diagnosis still presents difficulties due to discordant results
among diagnostic tests. Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of …

Variant performance of immunoglobulin M (IgM) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) hepatitis E
virus (HEV) assays may impact the diagnosis. The present study aimed to evaluate four …

Detection of HEV antigen presents as an interesting low cost, novel, and rapid diagnostic
technique to ascertain HEV viremia where facilities for reverse transcriptase polymerase …

Acute viral hepatitis is most commonly caused by HAV, HEV and HBV; co-infection with HAV-
HEV is also common. 1 It is mostly spread via fecal-oral route with poor sanitation being the …

OBJECTIVE: Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) is probably the most common cause of acute hepatitis
worldwide. It has been regarded for a long time as a disease limited to developing countries …

The aim of the study was to describe the characteristics of acute hepatitis E in Greater Cairo.
Patients with acute hepatitis E were identified through a surveillance of acute hepatitis using …