Prevalence, morbidity, and therapy of hepatitis E virus infection in pediatric renal allograft recipients

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.38248

Cordts, Stephanie E. ; Schneble, Lukas ; Schnitzler, Paul ; Wenzel, Jürgen J.

; Vinke, Tobias ; Rieger, Susanne ; Fichtner, Alexander ; Tönshoff, Burkhard ; Höcker, Britta

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Abstract

Background Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in immunocompromised patients such as solid organ transplant recipients may bear a high risk of becoming a chronic infection with progression to liver cirrhosis. So far, data onHEVinfection in pediatric renal transplant recipients are limited. Methods This single-center cohort study investigated period prevalence, morbidity, and treatment of HEV ...