Resumen de Experiencia en el diagnóstico de hepatitis E en una unidad de enfermedades infecciosas tropicales

Desirée Morales Senosiáin, María José Mellado Peña, M.L Gutiérrez Angulo, P. Trevisi Lannoó, M. García Hortelano

• The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is endemic in some developing countries. It produces acute hepatitis in sporadic cases or epidemics. The main transmission route is faecal-oral by contaminated waters. In developed countries the cases described are more and more frequent, mainly due to population movement (travellers, immigrants, international adoptions), although there have also been increases in the local population. We currently have serological and molecular techniques for the diagnosis of this infection. We describe the experience in the diagnosis of the infection by HEV in a Paediatric Tropical Infectious Diseases Unit in Madrid.