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Hepatitis E virus in patients with decompensated chronic liver disease: a prospective UK/French study.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Sept 2015
Blasco-Perrin H, Madden R G, Stanley A, Crossan C, Hunter J G, Vine L, Lane K, Devooght-Johnson N, Mclaughlin C, Petrik J, Stableforth B, Hussaini H, Phillips M, Mansuy J M, Forrest E, Izopet J, Blatchford O, Scobie L, Peron J M, Dalton H R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In developed countries, hepatitis E is a porcine zoonosis caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype 3. In developing countries, hepatitis E is mainly caused by genotype 1, and causes increased mortality in patients with pre-existing chronic liver disease (CLD). AIM: To determine the role of HEV in patients with decompensated CLD. METHODS: Prospective HEV testing of 343 patients with decompensated CLD...
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