High hepatitis E virus seroprevalence with absence of chronic infection in HIV-infected patients

Journal of Infection

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 624-630

  Rivero Juarez, Antonio ^a   Martinez Dueñas, Loreto ^a   Martinez Peinado, Antonio ^a   Camacho, Angela ^a   Cifuentes, Celia ^b   Gordon, Ana ^a   Frias, Mario ^a   Torre Cisneros, Julian ^a   Pineda, Juan A ^b   Rivero, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anti HEV IgG; Anti HEV IgM; Hepatitis E virus; HEV RNA; HIV; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SPAIN;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 84929080943     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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