Non-travel related Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 infections in the Netherlands; A case series 2004 – 2006

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Characteristics of 19 cases of non-travel related hepatitis E virus infections, the Netherlands 2004 – 2006.

Case ID	Sex	Age^a	Occupation	Preexisting disease	Duration of illness	Time delay^b
ID1	F	25	Policy worker	Malignancy	18 days	2.5
ID3	M	81	Retired	Cardiovascular, malignancy	>2 months	2
ID4	M	48	Businessman	None	17 days	2.5
ID5	M	58	Warehouse worker	None	~6 months	16.5
ID6	M	78	Retired	Respiratory	>2 months	2
ID7	M	45	Bricklayer	None	>2 months	2
ID8	M	35	Factory worker	Malignancy	-	2.5
ID9	M	50	Retired	Other	>1 month	1
ID10	M	57	Retired	Cardiovascular	~2 weeks	5
ID11	M	84	Retired	None	~2 weeks	2
ID12	M	36	Salesman	Respiratory	>2 months	5
ID13	M	38	Factory worker	None	~2 weeks	3
ID14	M	81	Retired	None	3 weeks	2
ID15	M	79	Retired	Cardiovascular	5 weeks	2
ID16	M	42	Retired	Other	-	4
ID17	F	50	Teacher	None	>2 months	2
ID18	M	34	Policy worker	None	3 weeks	3.5
ID19	M	57	Factory worker	Cardiovascular	3 weeks	3
ID22	M	54	Retired	Other	-	3.5

^aAge at time of illness onset. ^bNumber of months from onset of illness to interview.

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