Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2012)

Hepatitis E Virus Infection among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, the Netherlands

  • Suzan D. Pas,
  • Rob A. de Man,
  • Claudia Mulders,
  • Aggie H.M.M. Balk,
  • Peter T.W. van Hal,
  • Willem Weimar,
  • Marion P.G. Koopmans,
  • Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus,
  • Annemiek A. van der Eijk

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1805.111712
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 5
pp. 869 – 872

Abstract

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We screened 1,200 living heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplant recipients for hepatitis E virus infection by reverse transcription PCR. In 12 (1%) patients, hepatitis E virus infection was identified; in 11 patients, chronic infection developed. This immunocompromised population is at risk for hepatitis E virus infection.

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