Volume 11, Number 3—March 2005
Dispatch
Hepatitis E Infections, Victoria, Australia
Table
Clinical and epidemiologic information on Victorian hepatitis E case-patients January 1 to June 30, 2004
| Age | Sex | Symptoms | Onset date* | Date of test | Countries visited during incubation period | Duration of visit | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | F | Jaundice, dark urine | 01/04/04 | 01/11/04 | India | NA | Indian resident recently arrived in Australia. |
| 26 | M | Fever, jaundice, dark urine, nausea, vomiting | 02/13/04 | 03/01/04 | India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Singapore | 20 weeks, 2 weeks | Thailand and Singapore were overnight stopovers only. |
| 18 | M | Jaundice | 02/18/04 | 03/02/04 | India | 4 weeks | Did not make contact with DHS.† Information provided by doctor. Patient HBcAb+.‡ |
| 28 | F | Fever, jaundice, dark urine | 02/21/04 | 02/24/04 | India | 7 weeks | |
| 20 | F | Jaundice, dark urine, abdominal pain, nausea | 03/13/04 | 03/23/03 | India, Thailand, China | 11 weeks, 2 days, 5 weeks | Worked in a Children's Hospital in India. |
| 22 | M | Jaundice, dark urine, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea | 03/25/04 | 03/25/04 | India | NA | Indian resident recently arrived in Australia. |
| 41 | M | Dark urine, fever, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, myalgia | 05/06/04 | 05/06/04 | Thailand | 3 weeks | Reported swimming in a lake that locals warned was polluted. |
| 60 | F | Fever, dark urine, abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, headache, myalgia | 05/13/04 | 05/26/04 | Vietnam | 13 weeks | Worked in an orphanage in Vietnam. |
| 45 | M | Jaundice, nausea | 05/19/04 | 05/19/04 | India | 12 weeks | |
| 28 | M | None | NA | 06/24/04 | No recent travel history | NA | Last traveled to disease-endemic area, Pakistan, in 2001. Tested for hepatitis E (amongst other investigations) by local doctor because of mild liver function test abnormalities. |
*Date of first appearance of jaundice or dark urine.
†Department of Human Services.
‡Hepatitis B core antibody positive.
