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

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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 18, Issue 5, Pages 869-872

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CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid1805.111712

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  1. Virgo consortium
  2. government of the Netherlands [FES0908]
  3. European Community [223498]

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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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