| Literature DB >> 23512540 |
N Scharn1, T Ganzenmueller, J J Wenzel, R Dengler, A Heim, F Wegner.
Abstract
In this report, we present a case of a 50-year-old immunocompetent man with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) associated with an autochthonous hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection. The patient presented with tetraparesis and elevated liver enzymes. HEV infection was confirmed serologically and by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from blood and stool. Phylogenetic analysis revealed a novel HEV genotype 3 isolate closely related to other subgenotype 3c isolates from pig livers purchased in Germany. This indicates an autochthonous, potentially food-related hepatitis E and is, to our knowledge, the first report about a neurological syndrome associated with an HEV subgenotype 3c infection.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23512540 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-013-0448-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infection ISSN: 0300-8126 Impact factor: 3.553