Chronic Hepatitis E Virus Infection in a Pediatric Female Liver Transplant Recipient | Zendy

Ana Maria PassosCastilho | Zendy; Gilda Porta | Zendy; Irene Kazue Miura | Zendy; Renata Pugliese | Zendy; Vera Lúcia Baggio Danesi | Zendy; Adriana Porta | Zendy; Teresa Guimarães | Zendy; João Seda | Zendy; Eduardo A. Fonseca | Zendy; Celso Granato | Zendy

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Chronic Hepatitis E Virus Infection in a Pediatric Female Liver Transplant Recipient

Author(s) -

Ana Maria PassosCastilho,

Gilda Porta,

Irene Kazue Miura,

Renata Pugliese,

Vera Lúcia Baggio Danesi,

Adriana Porta,

Teresa Guimarães,

João Seda,

Eduardo A. Fonseca,

Celso Granato

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.02286-14

Subject(s) - virus , chronic infection , medicine , immunology , chronic hepatitis , liver transplantation , hepatitis e virus , viral disease , virology , biology , transplantation , genotype , immune system , biochemistry , gene

We describe a case of chronic hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in a 13-year-old female liver transplant recipient with recurrent increased aminotransferase levels and acute cellular rejection. This finding demonstrates that chronic HEV infection can occur and should be further investigated in immunocompromised patients in Latin America.

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