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Hepatitis E virus infection among solid organ transplant recipients, the Netherlands.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 May 2012
Pas Suzan D, de Man Rob A, Mulders Claudia, Balk Aggie H M M, van Hal Peter T W, Weimar Willem, Koopmans Marion P G, Osterhaus Albert D M E, van der Eijk Annemiek A
Abstract excerpt
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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