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Hepatitis E Virus Infection among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, the Netherlands

We screened 1,200 living heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplant recipients for hepatitis E virus infection by reverse transcription PCR. In 12 (1%) patients, hepatitis E virus infection was identified; in 11 patients, chronic infection developed. This immunocompromised population is at risk for h...

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Autores principales: Pas, Suzan D., de Man, Rob A., Mulders, Claudia, Balk, Aggie H.M.M., van Hal, Peter T.W., Weimar, Willem, Koopmans, Marion P.G., Osterhaus, Albert D.M.E., van der Eijk, Annemiek A.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22516170
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1805.111712
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author Pas, Suzan D.
de Man, Rob A.
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Osterhaus, Albert D.M.E.
van der Eijk, Annemiek A.
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description We screened 1,200 living heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplant recipients for hepatitis E virus infection by reverse transcription PCR. In 12 (1%) patients, hepatitis E virus infection was identified; in 11 patients, chronic infection developed. This immunocompromised population is at risk for hepatitis E virus infection.
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spelling pubmed-33580742012-05-29 Hepatitis E Virus Infection among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, the Netherlands Pas, Suzan D. de Man, Rob A. Mulders, Claudia Balk, Aggie H.M.M. van Hal, Peter T.W. Weimar, Willem Koopmans, Marion P.G. Osterhaus, Albert D.M.E. van der Eijk, Annemiek A. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We screened 1,200 living heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplant recipients for hepatitis E virus infection by reverse transcription PCR. In 12 (1%) patients, hepatitis E virus infection was identified; in 11 patients, chronic infection developed. This immunocompromised population is at risk for hepatitis E virus infection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3358074/ /pubmed/22516170 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1805.111712 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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Mulders, Claudia
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van Hal, Peter T.W.
Weimar, Willem
Koopmans, Marion P.G.
Osterhaus, Albert D.M.E.
van der Eijk, Annemiek A.
Hepatitis E Virus Infection among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, the Netherlands
title Hepatitis E Virus Infection among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, the Netherlands
title_full Hepatitis E Virus Infection among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, the Netherlands
title_fullStr Hepatitis E Virus Infection among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, the Netherlands
title_full_unstemmed Hepatitis E Virus Infection among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, the Netherlands
title_short Hepatitis E Virus Infection among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, the Netherlands
title_sort hepatitis e virus infection among solid organ transplant recipients, the netherlands
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22516170
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1805.111712
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