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SUBMITTER: Sridhar S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6390757 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Emerging infectious diseases 20190301 3
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype 4 (HEV-4) is an emerging cause of acute hepatitis in China. Less is known about the clinical characteristics and natural history of HEV-4 than HEV genotype 3 infections in immunocompromised patients. We report transmission of HEV-4 from a deceased organ donor to 5 transplant recipients. The donor had been viremic but HEV IgM and IgG seronegative, and liver function test results were within reference ranges. After a mean of 52 days after transplantation, hepatitis ...[more]