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
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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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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author Kaba, Mamadou
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Gallian, Pierre
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description 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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spelling pubmed-32945042012-03-06 Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Sheltered Homeless Persons, France Kaba, Mamadou Brouqui, Philippe Richet, Hervé Badiaga, Sekené Gallian, Pierre Raoult, Didier Colson, Philippe Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3294504/ /pubmed/21029538 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1611.091890 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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