2012-05-01
Hepatitis E virus infection among solid organ transplant recipients, the Netherlands
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Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases - (Open Access) , Volume 18 - Issue 5 p. 869- 872
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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| doi.org/10.3201/eid1805.111712, hdl.handle.net/1765/90657 | |
| Emerging Infectious Diseases - (Open Access) | |
| Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
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Pas, S., de Man, R., Mulders, C., Balk, A., van Hal, P., Weimar, W., … Eijck, A. (2012). Hepatitis E virus infection among solid organ transplant recipients, the Netherlands. Emerging Infectious Diseases - (Open Access), 18(5), 869–872. doi:10.3201/eid1805.111712 |
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