Abstract
Acute hepatitis E virus infections occurred during the third trimester in 2 pregnant women in France who sought treatment with nonspecific symptoms or asymptomatic elevation of liver enzymes. Infection cleared quickly in both women. We detected no hepatitis E RNA in 1 newborn's feces at 3 weeks of age.
Keywords:
France; HEV; genotype 3; hepatitis E; mother-to-child transmission; pregnancy; viruses.
MeSH terms
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Acute Disease
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Adult
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Antibodies, Viral / blood
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Female
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France
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Genotype
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Hepatitis E / diagnosis*
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Hepatitis E / physiopathology
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Hepatitis E / virology
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Hepatitis E virus / classification
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Hepatitis E virus / genetics*
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Hepatitis E virus / isolation & purification
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Pregnancy
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Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis*
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Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / physiopathology
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Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
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Pregnancy Trimester, Third
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RNA, Viral / genetics*
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Viral Load
Substances
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Antibodies, Viral
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RNA, Viral