Hepatitis E prevalence among HIV infected patients with elevated liver enzymes in the Netherlands

Highlights • Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence in Dutch HIV-infected patients with liver enzyme elevations is 11.7%. • No acute or chronic hepatitis E virus infection was found in this cohort. • General screening for anti-hepatitis E serology and hepatitis E viraemia in this patient group may not be...

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Published in:	Journal of clinical virology Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 408 - 410
Main Authors:	Hassing, R.J, van der Eijk, A.A, Lopes, V. Baptista, Snijdewind, I.J, de Man, R.A, Pas, S.D, van der Ende, M.E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01-08-2014
Subjects:	Adult Alanine Transaminase - blood Allergy and Immunology Antibodies, Viral - immunology Aspartate Aminotransferases - blood CD4 Lymphocyte Count CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes - immunology Female Hepatitis E Hepatitis E - epidemiology Hepatitis E - genetics Hepatitis E - immunology Hepatitis E virus Hepatitis E virus - immunology HIV HIV Infections - epidemiology HIV Infections - immunology HIV-1 - immunology Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Immunoassay Immunoglobulin M - immunology Infectious Disease Liver - enzymology Male Middle Aged Netherlands Retrospective Studies RNA, Viral - blood Seroepidemiologic Studies Seroprevalence Viremia - blood Netherlands HIV Hepatitis E Seroprevalence
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Summary:	Highlights • Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence in Dutch HIV-infected patients with liver enzyme elevations is 11.7%. • No acute or chronic hepatitis E virus infection was found in this cohort. • General screening for anti-hepatitis E serology and hepatitis E viraemia in this patient group may not be necessary.
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ISSN:	1386-6532 1873-5967
DOI:	10.1016/j.jcv.2014.05.009