Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2012)

Hepatitis E Virus Infection in HIV-infected Persons

  • Nancy F. Crum-Cianflone,
  • Jennifer Curry,
  • Jan Drobeniuc,
  • Amy Weintrob,
  • Michael Landrum,
  • Anuradha Ganesan,
  • William Bradley,
  • Brian K. Agan,
  • Saleem Kamili

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1803.111278
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 3
pp. 502 – 506

Abstract

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To determine whether hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a cause of hepatitis among HIV-infected persons, we evaluated 1985–2009 data for US military beneficiaries. Evidence of acute or prior HEV infection was detected for 7 (4%) and 5 (3%) of 194 HIV-infected persons, respectively. HEV might be a cause of acute hepatitis among HIV-infected persons.

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