Open AccessThe Prevalence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in the Adult Turkish Population: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Prevalence Study in Blood Donors in Mersin Province
Author(s) -
Orhan Sezgın,
Serkan Yaraş,
Seda Tezcan Ülger,
Gönül Aslan,
Eyyup Naci Tiftik
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pubmed central
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2148-5607
DOI - 10.5152/tjg.2021.20870
Subject(s) - medicine , seroprevalence , hepatitis e virus , hepatitis e , turkish population , population , serology , viral hepatitis , immunology , demography , antibody , environmental health , genotype , biochemistry , sociology , gene , chemistry
The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an RNA virus that causes acute hepatitis, and can become chronic in immunocompromised patients, though this is rare. The frequency of HEV infection varies, depending on factors such as geographical region, socioeconomic level, and age. Despite limited studies on the adult population in Turkey, there is no current information about HEV frequency in our country. Therefore, we aimed to scrutinize the data found from such studies, in comparison to our own results.