Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2010)

Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Sheltered Homeless Persons, France

  • Mamadou Kaba,
  • Philippe Brouqui,
  • Hervé Richet,
  • Sekené Badiaga,
  • Pierre Gallian,
  • Didier Raoult,
  • Philippe Colson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1611.091890
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 11
pp. 1761 – 1763

Abstract

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To determine the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection among sheltered homeless persons in Marseille, France, we retrospectively tested 490 such persons. A total of 11.6% had immunoglobulin (Ig) G and 2.5% had IgM against HEV; 1 person had HEV genotype 3f. Injection drug use was associated with IgG against HEV.

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