Persistent hepatitis A infection: case report

East Afr Med J. 2010 Apr;87(4):174-6. doi: 10.4314/eamj.v87i4.62208.

Abstract

Hepatitis A viral infection resolves completely within six months in all patients infected. The case presented is a rare one that took fifteen months to resolve from hepatitis A viral infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Hepatitis A / diagnosis*
  • Hepatitis A / etiology
  • Hepatitis A / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Kenya
  • Male