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LOPEZ O, María Camila; DUQUE JARAMILLO, Alejandra  e  NAVAS N, María Cristina. Clinical and Epidemiology of Hepatitis E Virus Infection. Rev Col Gastroenterol [online]. 2018, vol.33, n.1, pp.22-31. ISSN 0120-9957.  https://doi.org/10.22516/25007440.227.

The hepatitis E virus, a hepatotropic pathogen transmitted by water and contaminated food, is one of the main etiological agents on the planet of enteral transmission of acute viral hepatitis.

Hepatitis E infections are usually self-limiting, but cases of chronic infection have been described in immunocompromised patients. While self-limiting infections do not require treatment, chronic infections should be treated because of risk of progression to cirrhosis and/or extra-hepatic manifestations.

In Colombia, hepatitis E infections are not included in the routine diagnosis of viral hepatitis, despite evidence of its presence in the country.

The objective of this review is to provide a general description of the hepatitis E virus and the natural history of infections and to highlight studies carried out in Colombia showing its presence in the country. The review was carried out through a search in the PUBMED, SCIELO and ScienceDirect databases for of original papers and subject reviews published between 1983 and 2017.

Palavras-chave : Hepatitis E virus; infection; revision; Colombia.

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