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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012 Introduction Acute hepatitis E virus infection may cause mild, self-limiting hepatitis, either as epidemic outbreaks or sporadic cases, the latter of which have been reported in industrialized countries.
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Severe Acute Hepatitis E in a Woman with an Autoimmune Background
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2020 Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 infections are normally asymptomatic in immunocompetent individuals. Symptomatic cases of acute icteric hepatitis E are seldom observed among women, younger men and children but are particularly seen in middle-aged/elderly ...
Maria S.J. Nascimento +6 more
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1996 The identification of the major agents causing human hepatitis (Hepatitis A, B, C, D and E Viruses) was achieved during the last 30 years. These viruses are responsible for the vast majority of human viral hepatitis cases, but there are still some cases ...
João Renato Rebello Pinho +1 more
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Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus in chronic hepatitis C in Brazil
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018 Background and aims: Hepatitis E virus infection in patients with underlying chronic liver disease is associated with liver decompensation and increased lethality.
Guilherme Bricks +9 more
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Rat Hepatitis E Virus: Presence in Humans in South-Western France?
Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Background: Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) is one of the most common causes of hepatitis worldwide, and South-Western France is a high HEV seroprevalence area.
Delphine Parraud +10 more
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Hepatitis C virus evasion mechanisms from neutralizing antibodies [PDF]
, 2011 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) represents a major public health problem, affecting 3% of the world’s population. The majority of infected individuals develop chronic hepatitis, which can progress to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Angus, Allan G.N. +5 more
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Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2016 Introducción. El virus de la hepatitis E se ha convertido en un problema de salud pública, especialmente en los países en desarrollo. Se conocen cuatro genotipos en mamíferos, de los cuales el G3 se ha encontrado en hepatitis autóctonas en países y ...
Dioselina Peláez +4 more
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Recent Advances in Protective Vaccines against Hepatitis Viruses: A Narrative Review
Viruses, 2023 Vaccination has been confirmed to be the safest and, sometimes, the only tool of defense against threats from infectious diseases. The successful history of vaccination is evident in the control of serious viral infections, such as smallpox and polio ...
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Neurology Clinical Practice, 2019 We report 3 patients with (sub)acute onset of dyspnea and orthopnea caused by bilateral phrenic neuropathy as a neuralgic amyotrophy (NA) subtype. Excruciating pain, weakness, and atrophy were absent at presentation. All 3 patients were middle-aged men and had serologic evidence of acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection (IgM and PCR positive).
van de Wardt, Jaron +3 more
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Hepatitis E Virus Infection [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2014 SUMMARYHepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a worldwide disease. An improved understanding of the natural history of HEV infection has been achieved within the last decade. Several reservoirs and transmission modes have been identified. Hepatitis E is an underdiagnosed disease, in part due to the use of serological assays with low sensitivity. However,
Nassim, Kamar +3 more
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