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Hepatitis E virus infection in a liver transplant recipient in the United States: a case report.
Transplantation proceedings - 1 Mar 2013
Te H S, Drobeniuc J, Kamili S, Dong C, Hart J, Sharapov U M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chronic infection with hepatitis E virus (HEV) has recently been recognized in immunocompromised or immunosuppressed individuals. CASE REPORT: We report a case of concurrent HEV and human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) infection, documented by serum HEV RNA and HHV-6 DNA, in an orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) recipient in the United States, where HEV genotype 3 infection, although prevalent, is considered...
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