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SUBMITTER: McGivern DR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6527087 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McGivern David R DR Lin Hsing-Hua S HS Wang Junyao J Benzine Tiffany T Janssen Harry L A HLA Khalili Mandana M Lisker-Melman Mauricio M Fontana Robert J RJ Belle Steven H SH Fried Michael W MW
Open forum infectious diseases 20190409 5
<h4>Background</h4>Patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) may experience spontaneous biochemical flares of liver disease activity. This study aimed to determine (i) the prevalence of prior and possible acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection among persons with chronic HBV and (ii) whether HEV infection is associated with liver disease flares among persons with chronic HBV.<h4>Methods</h4>Serum from a random sample of 600 adults in the Hepatitis B Research Network Cohort Study was tested f ...[more]