Rat Hepatitis E Virus as Cause of Persistent Hepatitis after Liver Transplant

Rat Hepatitis E Virus as Cause of Persistent Hepatitis after Liver Transplant

All hepatitis E virus (HEV) variants reported to infect humans belong to the species Orthohepevirus A (HEV-A). The zoonotic potential of the species Orthohepevirus C (HEV-C), which circulates in rats and is highly divergent from HEV-A, is unknown. We report a liver transplant recipient with hepatiti...

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Main Authors: Siddharth Sridhar, Cyril C.Y. Yip, Shusheng Wu, Jianpiao Cai, Anna Jin-Xia Zhang, Kit-Hang Leung, Tom W.H. Chung, Jasper F.W. Chan, Wan-Mui Chan, Jade L.L. Teng, Rex K.H. Au-Yeung, Vincent C.C. Cheng, Honglin Chen, Susanna K.P. Lau, Patrick C.Y. Woo, Ning-Shao Xia, Chung-Mau Lo, Kwok-Yung Yuen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
viruses
zoonoses
immunocompromised
rodents
rat hepatitis E virus
chronic hepatitis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/12/18-0937_article

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