Open AccessTransmission of Hepatitis E Virus With Plasma Exchange in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Author(s) -
Vincent Mallet,
Rébecca Sberro-Soussan,
Anne–Marie Roque–Afonso,
Anaı̈s Vallet-Pichard,
Bénédicte Deau,
Alix Portal,
MarieLaure Chaix,
Lisette Hauser,
A. Beylouné,
Anne Mercadier,
Jacques Izopet,
Christophe Legendre,
Stanislas Pol
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002185
Subject(s) - transmission (telecommunications) , medicine , virology , kidney , hepatitis b virus , kidney transplant , kidney transplantation , hepatitis a virus , virus , computer science , telecommunications
After observing a case of plasma exchange-mediated hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in a kidney transplant recipient, we investigated the relationship between plasma exchange and HEV infection after kidney transplantation.