Hepatitis E Virus Seroprevalence and Chronic Infections in Patients with HIV, Switzerland

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2011 Jul 14

PMID 21749774

Citations 55

Authors

Alain Kenfak-Foguena

Franziska Schoni-Affolter

Phillippe Burgisser

Andrea Witteck

Katharine E A Darling

Helen Kovari

Laurent Kaiser

John-Marc Evison

Luigia Elzi

Vanina Gurter-De La Fuente

Josef Jost

Darius Moradpour

Florence Abravanel

Jacques Izpopet

Matthais Cavassini

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Abstract

We screened 735 HIV-infected patients in Switzerland with unexplained alanine aminotransferase elevation for hepatitis E virus (HEV) immunoglobulin G. Although HEV seroprevalence in this population is low (2.6%), HEV RNA can persist in patients with low CD4 cell counts. Findings suggest chronic HEV infection should be considered as a cause of persistent alanine aminotransferase elevation.

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