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Association between a progesterone receptor mutation and hepatitis E sero-positivity in liver transplant recipients.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Dec 2020
Debes Jose D, Groothuismink Zwier M A, de Man Robert A, Boonstra Andre
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PROBLEM: We investigated if the PROGINS mutation increases the risk of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in liver transplant recipients. PROGINS was analyzed through KASP assay; HEV serologies assessed via enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and multiplex cytokine assays were evaluated in plasma with the ProcartaPlex human immunoassay. Seventy liver transplant recipients were evaluated, of which 23 (33%) were HEV...
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