Autochthonous Hepatitis E during Pregnancy, France

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Aug;24(8):1586-1587. doi: 10.3201/eid2408.180105.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Female
  • France
  • Genotype
  • Hepatitis E / diagnosis*
  • Hepatitis E / physiopathology
  • Hepatitis E / virology
  • Hepatitis E virus / classification
  • Hepatitis E virus / genetics*
  • Hepatitis E virus / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / physiopathology
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Third
  • RNA, Viral / genetics*
  • Viral Load

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • RNA, Viral