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Lack of persistent hepatitis E virus infection as a cause for unexplained transaminase elevation in renal transplant recipients in India.
Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology - 1 Nov 2014
Munjal Sachin, Gupta Neha, Sharma Raj K, Gupta Amit, Prasad Narain, Kaul Anupama, Bhadauria Dharmendra, Goel Amit, Aggarwal Rakesh
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is highly endemic in India, being the most common cause of acute hepatitis; however, no case of chronic infection has been reported. All the human isolates of HEV from India till date have belonged to genotype 1. In contrast, in non-endemic areas, genotype 3 is the most prevalent, and persistent HEV infection has been reported among solid-organ transplant recipients....
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