Lifrarbólguveira E: Umræða um tvö íslensk tilfelli

To access publisher's full text version of this article, please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field or click on the hyperlink at the top of the page marked Download Lifrarbólga E er veirusjúkdómur sem berst yfirleitt með menguðu vatni og gengur oftast yfir án sértækra inngripa. Han...

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Main Authors: Marta Ólafsdóttir, Arthur Löve, Jón Gunnlaugur Jónasson, Einar Stefán Björnsson
Other Authors: 1 Lyflækningadeild, 2 sýkla- og veirufræðideild, 3 meinafræðideild, 4 meltingarfæradeild Landspítala.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Icelandic
Published: Læknafélag Íslands 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2336/621559
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Summary:To access publisher's full text version of this article, please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field or click on the hyperlink at the top of the page marked Download Lifrarbólga E er veirusjúkdómur sem berst yfirleitt með menguðu vatni og gengur oftast yfir án sértækra inngripa. Hann er algengur á Indlandi og hefur valdið faröldrum, til að mynda í Asíu, Afríku og Mexíkó, en er sjaldséður á Íslandi. Hér er lýst tveimur tilfellum lifrarbólgu E sem greindust á Íslandi á síðasta ári. Hepatitis E is a viral disease that is usually transmitted through contaminated drinking water and most often causes a self-limiting infection that does not require specific treatment. It is common in India and has caused outbreaks in Asia, Africa and Mexico but has very rarely been diagnosed in Iceland. We describe two cases of hepatitis E diagnosed in Iceland in the last year.