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Hepatitis E Infection and the Question of Screening Organ Donors
2024-02-27
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<h4>Background: </h4> Hepatitis E is a potentially serious infection in organ recipients, with an estimated two-thirds of cases becoming chronic, and with a subsequent risk of cirrhosis and death. In Europe, transmission occurs most often through the consumption of raw or undercooked pork, more rarely through blood transfusion, but also after solid organ transplantation. Here we describe a case of Hepatitis E viru...
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- 0ec4ce41-7f7b-5826-9adf-453e922928e1
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3973545/v1