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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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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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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 ...
Ashraf Elbahrawy +7 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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Correlation between hepatitis B G1896A precore mutations and HBeAg in chronic HBV patients [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is an important health concern worldwide, with critical outcomes. Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) negative chronic hepatitis B is frequently caused by a mutation (G1896A) in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) precore (
Adli, A.H. +5 more
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Genetic heterogeneity of hepatitis E virus in Darfur, Sudan, and neighboring Chad. [PDF]
, 2005 The within-outbreak diversity of hepatitis E virus (HEV) was studied during the outbreak of hepatitis E that occurred in Sudan in 2004. Specimens were collected from internally displaced persons living in a Sudanese refugee camp and two camps implanted ...
Andraghetti, R +7 more
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Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses, 2013 Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is responsible for major outbreaks of acute hepatitis in developing countries where it was first described as a waterborne disease, transmitted by drinking water contaminated with feces. Attention was focused on HEV in developed countries and its associated diseases in recent years as a result of increasing reports of ...
Abravanel, Florence +6 more
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Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2000 O vírus da hepatite C foi identificado em 1989 como sendo o principal agente causador das hepatites não-A não-B e o seu reconhecimento como agente de alta prevalência nas infecções pós-tranfusionais e/ou uso de derivados do sangue ou em associação com o ...
Vinício Paride CONTE
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General epidemiological parameters of viral hepatitis A, B, C, and E in six regions of China: a cross-sectional study in 2007. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 BACKGROUND: Viral hepatitis is a serious health burden worldwide. To date, few reports have addressed the prevalence of hepatitis A, B, C, and E in China. Therefore, the general epidemiological parameters of viral hepatitis remain unknown.
Jian Lu +10 more
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Pregnancy and infection [letter] [PDF]
, 2014 Pregnant women have an increased severity of infections with some organisms, including influenza virus, hepatitis E virus, herpes simplex virus, and malaria parasites.
Athena P. Kourtis +11 more
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