Acute sporadic hepatitis E infection age factor and the overlapping clinical features.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 9 Acute sporadic hepatitis E infection age factor and the overlapping clinical features Abstract Objective Changchun acute sporadic hepatitis E infection in the age factor and the overlapping clinical features of infection. Methods A retrospective study of Sino-Japanese Friendship Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun City, and the hospital for infectious diseases from January 2004 to May 2006 during the 186 cases of hepatitis E in patients with epidemiological and clinical characteristics. Results 3925 patients with viral hepatitis, Aberdeen, in patients with acute hepatitis E 186 cases (4.73%). Patients between the ages of 35 and maximum of 65, accounting for 60.22%. Disease penalty in all seasons. Infection rate of patients in rural areas, accounting for 62.37%, and the keeping of livestock are most welcome. Clinical classification of acute jaundice in common, and more common in the elderly. Superinfection who, in the most common hepatitis B and hepatitis B were more severe liver injury. Conclusion Hepatitis E is a zoonotic disease; overlap of hepatitis B virus infection is more serious illness. Keywords: Hepatitis E; clinical features; Age factors; viral hepatitis China is hepatitis E endemic areas in Asia, one of the main. Studies have shown that hepatitis E is a zoonotic disease, HEV can infect not only humans, but widely distributed in animals and spread 1. Although significant improvement in public health conditions and enhanced water management, but the incidence of hepatitis E but increased year by year. The prevalence of different geographical and epidemiological characteristics are very different. In this paper, the region from 2004 to 2006 of acute sporadic hepatitis E cases were retrospectively analyzed to further explore the region, the prevalence of hepatitis E in the characteristics and clinical features. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General information on China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Jilin Uni