Staging liver fibrosis after severe yellow fever with ultrasound elastography in Brazil: A six-month follow-up study.

Staging liver fibrosis after severe yellow fever with ultrasound elastography in Brazil: A six-month follow-up study.

<h4>Background</h4>Yellow fever (YF) is a hemorrhagic disease caused by an arbovirus endemic in South America, with recent outbreaks in the last years. Severe cases exhibit fulminant hepatitis, but there are no studies regarding its late-term effects on liver parenchyma. Thus, the aim of...

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Main Authors: Yuri Costa Sarno Neves, Victor Augusto Camarinha de Castro-Lima, Davi Jorge Fontoura Solla, Vivian Simone de Medeiros Ogata, Fernando Linhares Pereira, Jordana Machado Araujo, Ana Catharina Seixas Nastri, Yeh-Li Ho, Maria Cristina Chammas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-07-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009594

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