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Hepatitis E: Does it cause chronic hepatitis?

✍ Scribed by Rakesh Aggarwal

Book ID: 102240983
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 69 KB
Volume: 48
Category: Article
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22548

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✦ Synopsis

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is considered an agent responsible for acute hepatitis that does not progress to chronic hepatitis. We identified 14 cases of acute HEV infection in three patients receiving liver transplants, nine receiving kidney transplants, and two receiving kidney and pancreas transplants. All patients were positive for serum HEV RNA. Chronic hepatitis developed in eight patients, as confirmed by persistently elevated aminotransferase levels, serum HEV RNA, and histologic features of chronic hepatitis. The time from transplantation to diagnosis was significantly shorter and the total counts of lymphocytes and of CD2, CD3, and CD4 T cells were significantly lower in patients in whom chronic disease developed.

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