Hepatitis E and chronic liver damage in apparently immunocompetent individuals: Now what?

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis worldwide, accounting for 20 million infections per year and 70,000 deaths. In developed regions, sporadic locally acquired infections are most commonly caused by HEV3, and in this setting Hepatitis E is mainly asymptomatic. H...

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Main Authors: Santiago Mirazo, Juan Arbiza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119303382