Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Sheltered Homeless Persons, France

To determine the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection among sheltered homeless persons in Marseille, France, we retrospectively tested 490 such persons. A total of 11.6% had immunoglobulin (Ig) G and 2.5% had IgM against HEV; 1 person had HEV genotype 3f. Injection drug use was associated...

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Autores principales: Kaba, Mamadou, Brouqui, Philippe, Richet, Hervé, Badiaga, Sekené, Gallian, Pierre, Raoult, Didier, Colson, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21029538
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1611.091890
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Sumario:To determine the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection among sheltered homeless persons in Marseille, France, we retrospectively tested 490 such persons. A total of 11.6% had immunoglobulin (Ig) G and 2.5% had IgM against HEV; 1 person had HEV genotype 3f. Injection drug use was associated with IgG against HEV.

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