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Acute hepatitis E virus infection in a migrant population in North East Italy: A retrospective analysis.
Travel medicine and infectious disease - 1 Jan 2000
Bradanini Lucia, Youkee Daniel, Fabris Paolo, Romanò Luisa, Brunetti Enrico, Giordani Maria Teresa
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OBJECTIVE: To study the epidemiological and clinical features of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) infection in a migrant population. METHODS: We performed a retrospective chart review, identifying a cohort of 21 symptomatic patients of migrant origin with confirmed HEV infection admitted in the period between January 1995-November 2014. RESULTS: 20 (95%) patients came from South Asian countries highly endemic for HEV, all...
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