Table 2: Clinical situations should be suspected hepatitis E (request IgG anti-HEV, IgM anti-HEV and /or HEV RNA).
Acute hepatitis with negative markers for hepatitis A, B and C |
Acute hepatitis with any risk factors (travel to endemic areas, contact with animals, “unusual” food consumption...) independently of other markers of viral hepatitis |
Liver failure or decomposition in chronic liver disease |
Drug-induced hepatitis |
Autoimmune hepatitis |
Chronic liver disease of unknown etiology in immune compromised patients |