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Hepatitis contracted during a stay abroad may be caused by a wide range of pathogens including viruses, bacteria, protozoa or helminths. In many cases, the etiological agent primarily infects other target organs and tissues, involving the liver either as part of a disseminated infection or secondarily to mechanical biliary tract obstruction. The article focuses on enterically transmitted hepatitis caused by the primarily hepatotropic human hepatitis viruses type A and E and discusses their importance in travel-related disease.
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Langer, B.C.A., Frösner, G.G. (1996). Relative importance of the enterically transmitted human hepatitis viruses type A and E as a cause of foreign travel associated hepatitis. In: Schwarz, T.F., Siegl, G. (eds) Imported Virus Infections. Archives of Virology Supplement II, vol 11. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7482-1_14
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