Hepatitis E Virus Infection among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, the Netherlands

We screened 1,200 living heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplant recipients for hepatitis E virus infection by reverse transcription PCR. In 12 (1%) patients, hepatitis E virus infection was identified; in 11 patients, chronic infection developed. This immunocompromised population is at risk for hepatitis E virus infection.

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Verfasser: Suzan D. Pas
Rob A. de Man
Claudia Mulders
Aggie H.M.M. Balk
Peter T.W. van Hal
Willem Weimar
Marion P.G. Koopmans
Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus
Annemiek A. van der Eijk
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Reihe/Periodikum: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 5, Pp 869-872 (2012)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Schlagwörter: hepatitis E / virus / organ transplant / hepatitis E virus / viruses / solid organ transplant / Medicine / R / Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27580002
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1805.111712