Open AccessSerological investigation for hepatitis E virus infection in the patients with chronic maintenance hemodialysis from southwest of Iran
Author(s) -
Omid Reza Zekavat,
Alireza Makarem,
Mohammad Reza Karami,
Aida Amanat,
Maesoomeh Mohandes,
Mojtaba Habibagahi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6247.106724
Subject(s) - medicine , seroprevalence , hepatitis e virus , serology , antibody , southern iran , population , hemodialysis , immunology , gastroenterology , environmental health , art , biochemistry , chemistry , literature , genotype , gene
A global distribution has been shown for hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection. Although the fecal-oral was considered as the primary infection route, there is controversial evidence for increased risk of the infection and consequent problems in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (HD) with suppressed immunity. The aim is to find if the prevalence of anti-HEV IgG, in patients with maintenance HD is higher than normal population in southwest of Iran.