Hepatitis E virus infection among solid organ transplant recipients, the Netherlands

Suzan D. Pas; Rob A. de Man; Claudia Mulders; Aggie H.M.M. Balk; Peter T.W. van Hal; Willem Weimar; Marion P.G. Koopmans; Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus; Annemiek A. van der Eijk

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Hepatitis E virus infection among solid organ transplant recipients, the Netherlands

Emerging Infectious Diseases (2012) 18(5) 869-872

DOI: 10.3201/eid1805.111712

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We screened 1,200 living heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplant recipients for hepatitis E virus infection by reverse transcription PCR. In 12 (1%) patients, hepatitis E virus infection was identified; in 11 patients, chronic infection developed. This immunocompromised population is at risk for hepatitis E virus infection.

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Pas, S. D., de Man, R. A., Mulders, C., Balk, A. H. M. M., van Hal, P. T. W., Weimar, W., … van der Eijk, A. A. (2012). Hepatitis E virus infection among solid organ transplant recipients, the Netherlands. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18(5), 869–872. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1805.111712

Hepatitis E virus infection among solid organ transplant recipients, the Netherlands

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