| hepatitis e is a cause of unexplained hepatitis in the netherlands. | hepatitis e virus (hev) is the major etiologic agent of enterically transmitted viral hepatitis in much of the developing world. evidence provided in recent years shows that hev is also prevalent in very low numbers in non-endemic countries. recently, a cluster of three patients with acute hepatitis e but no history of travel to endemic countries was discovered in the geographical area provided with service by the public health laboratory groningen and drenthe, the netherlands. | 2004 | 15911430 |