International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Volume 85, Issue 3 , Pages 240-244 , June 2004

Hepatitis E in pregnancy

  • A. Kumar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: 13 – B, DDA Flats, Ber Sarai, New Delhi 110016, India
    • ,
  • M. Beniwal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • P. Kar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • J.B. Sharma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
    • ,
  • N.S. Murthy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Indian Council of Medical Research, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

Received 22 July 2003 ,Revised 17 November 2003 ,Accepted 19 November 2003.

References 

  1. Reyes GR. Overview of the epidemiology and biology of the hepatitis E virus. In:  Willson RA editors. Viral hepatitis. New York: Marcel Dekker; 1997;p. 239–258
  2. Meng XJ. Zoonotic and xenozoonotic risks of hepatitis E virus. Infect Dis Rev. 2000;2:35–41
  3. McCrudden R, O'Connell S, Farrant T, Beaton S, Iredale JP, Fine D. Sporadic acute hepatitis E in United Kingdom: an underdiagnosed phenomenon?. Gut. 2000;46:732–733
  4. Thomas Dl, Yarbough PO, Vlahow D, Tsarev SA, Nelson KE, Saah AJ, et al.  Seroreactivity to hepatitis E virus in areas where the disease is not endemic. J Clin Microbiol. 1997;35:1244–1247
  5. Arankalle VA, Chobe LP. Hepatitis E virus: can it be transmitted parenterally?. J Viral Hepatitis. 1999;6:161–164
  6. Khuroo MS, Kamili S, Jameel S. Vertical transmission of hepatitis E virus. Lancet. 1995;315:1025–1026
  7. Kumar RM, Uduman S, Rana S, Kochiyil JK, Usmani A, Thomas L. Seroprevalence and mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis E virus among pregnant women in the United Arab Emirates. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2001;100:9–15
  8. Jaiswal SPB, Jain AK, Naik G, Soni N, Chitnis DS. Viral hepatitis during pregnancy. Int J Gynecol Obstet. 2001;72:103–108
  9. Singh S, Mohanty A, Joshi YK, Dwivedi SN, Deka D. Outcome of hepatitis E virus infection in Indian pregnant women admitted to a tertiary care hospital. Indian J Med Res. 2001;113:35–39
  10. Tsega E, Hansson BG, Krawczynski K, Nordenfelt E. Acute sporadic viral hepatitis in Ethiopia: causes, risk factors and effects on pregnancy. Clin Infect Dis. 1992;14:961–965
  11. Sreenivasan MA, Banerjee K, Pandya PG, Kotak PR, Pandaya PM, Desai NS. Epidemiological investigations of an outbreak of infectious hepatitis in Ahmedabad city during 1975–76. Indian J Med Res. 1975;1978:197–206
  12. Hamid SS, Jafri SM, Khan H, Shah H, Abbas Z, Fields H. Fulminant hepatic failure in pregnant women: acute fatty liver or acute viral hepatitis?. J Hepatol. 1996;25:20–23
  13. Khuroo MS, Teli MR, Susan Skidmore S, Sofi MA, Khuroo MI. Incidence and severity of viral hepatitis in pregnancy. Am J Med. 1981;70:252–255
  14. Mirghani OA, Saeed OK, Basama FM. Viral hepatitis in pregnancy. East Afr Med J. 1992;69:445–449
  15. Pina S, Buti M, Cotrina M, Piella J, Girones R. HEV identified in serum from humans with acute hepatitis and in sewage of animal origin in Spain. J Hepatol. 2000;33:826–833

PII: S0020-7292(03)00524-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2003.11.018

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Volume 85, Issue 3 , Pages 240-244 , June 2004

Article Tools