Hepatitis E Virus Seroprevalence and Chronic Infections in Patients with HIV, Switzerland

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kenfak-Foguena, Alain ; Schöni-Affolter, Franziska ; Bürgisser, Philippe ; Witteck, Andrea ; Darling, Katharine E.A. ; Kovari, Helen ; Kaiser, Laurent ; Evison, John-Marc ; Elzi, Luigia ; De La Fuente, Vanina Gurtner ; Jost, Josef ; Moradpour, Darius ; Abravanel, Florence ; Izopet, Jacques ; Cavassini, Matthias
• Corporate Authors:
  Swiss HIV Cohort Study
• Description:
  We screened 735 HIV-infected patients in Switzerland with unexplained alanine aminotransferase elevation for hepatitis E virus (HEV) immunoglobulin G. Although HEV seroprevalence in this population is low (2.6%), HEV RNA can persist in patients with low CD4 cell counts. Findings suggest chronic HEV infection should be considered as a cause of persistent alanine aminotransferase elevation.
• Subjects:
  Antibodies, Viral Cd4 Lymphocyte Count Chronic Disease Female Hepatitis E Hepatitis E Virus Hiv Infections Humans Immunoglobulin G Male Risk Factors Seroepidemiologic Studies Viral Load

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(6):1074-1078.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Switzerland
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2c7fa64b4bed69d0ceedfb5e539862a6c878aacc2a747258efcacd9e7a6b56e0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18425/cdc_18425_DS1.pdf
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