Hepatitis Eaparición de casos esporádicos en el Área de Salud de Mérida

Resumen

Virus infection hepatitis E (HEV) is a serious public health problem in many developing countries, mainly self-limited acute hepatitis caused by drinking contaminated water. In industrialized countries, acute hepatitis E has a punctual incidence detected although more serious incident. It is detected in travelers from endemic areas and incidental circumstances due to raw or undercooked pork consumption or contact. A study of cases of hepatitis E was taken in Merida Health Area during the period of January 2013 to June 2015. As a result, nine cases were detected between September 2014 to June 2015. These cases were characterized by transaminases elevation. In addition, five of them presented HEV-disease predisposition risk factors. Sporadic cases were the result in our area. The route of HEV transmission has not been identified. However, zoonosis is suggested as the most probably transmission via. Domestic pigs and wild boar are the principal HEV reservoirs, which present an enormous importance over nutrition and agriculture in the Extremadura Area.