Detection and characterization of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 in HIV-infected patients and blood donors from southern Brazil | Zendy

Cláudio Moss da Silva | Zendy; Jaqueline Mendes de Oliveira | Zendy; Raúl Andrés Mendoza-Sassi | Zendy; Andreza Soriano Figueiredo | Zendy; Luísa Dias da Mota | Zendy; Maiba M. Nader | Zendy; Noemi Rovaris Gardinali | Zendy; Yohan Britto Kevorkian | Zendy; Sarah Beatriz Salamene Salvador | Zendy; Marcelo Alves Pinto | Zendy; Ana Maria Barral de Martínez | Zendy

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Detection and characterization of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 in HIV-infected patients and blood donors from southern Brazil

Author(s) -

Cláudio Moss da Silva,

Jaqueline Mendes de Oliveira,

Raúl Andrés Mendoza-Sassi,

Andreza Soriano Figueiredo,

Luísa Dias da Mota,

Maiba M. Nader,

Noemi Rovaris Gardinali,

Yohan Britto Kevorkian,

Sarah Beatriz Salamene Salvador,

Marcelo Alves Pinto,

Ana Maria Barral de Martínez

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.06.027

Subject(s) - hepatitis e virus , hepatitis e , seroprevalence , medicine , virology , genotype , blood transfusion , coinfection , transmission (telecommunications) , serology , immunology , antibody , virus , biology , biochemistry , gene , electrical engineering , engineering

Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 (HEV-3) infection usually causes self-limited acute hepatitis. In immunosuppressed patients, HEV-3 infection can rapidly progress to chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis. In southern Brazil, data on HEV seroprevalence are scarce.

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