Table 1

Characteristics of 19 cases of non-travel related hepatitis E virus infections, the Netherlands 2004 – 2006.
Case ID
 Sex
 Agea
 Occupation
 Preexisting disease
 Duration of illness
 Time delayb
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.

Borgen et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:61   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-61