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Proof of infectivity of hepatitis E virus particles from the ejaculate of chronically infected patients

URN to cite this document:
urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-584232
DOI to cite this document:
10.5283/epub.58423
Schemmerer, Mathias ; Bock, Hans H. ; Schattenberg, Jörn M. ; Huber, Samuel ; Polywka, Susanne ; Mader, Maria ; Lohse, Ansgar W. ; Todt, Daniel ; Steinmann, Eike ; Wenzel, Jürgen J. ; Horvatits, Thomas ; Pischke, Sven
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Abstract

Recently, hepatitis E virus (HEV, Paslahepevirus balayani) particles were detected for the first time in the ejaculate of two chronically infected patients. Since then, we have been able to detect HEV in ejaculate in five further patients, and thus in a total of seven out of nine (78%) chronically infected men (age 36–67 years, median 56 years). In five patients, the HEV RNA concentration was ...

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