Hepatitis E virus serum antibodies and RNA prevalence in patients evaluated for heart and kidney transplantation
Background. Acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in solid organ transplant recipients is rare, but can cause severe hepatic and extrahepatic complications. We sought to identify the pretransplant prevalence of HEV infection in heart and kidney candidates and any associated risk factors for infect...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-01-01
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Series: | Annals of Hepatology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119307380 |