| Literature DB >> 11009149 |
R Aggarwal, D Kini, S Sofat, S R Naik, K Krawczynski.
Abstract
Data on duration of viral excretion and viraemia during hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection are limited. We tested serial stool and serum samples from 20 patients with acute hepatitis E for HEV RNA. Faecal excretion and viraemia in these patients were found to be short lived. In 19 patients, all samples obtained after biochemical resolution of hepatitis tested negative; in the remaining patient, HEV RNA was detected in the serum samples but not in stool after biochemical resolution. Long-term persistence of HEV in body fluids of infected individuals seems to be an unlikely reservoir for transmission of HEV.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 11009149 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02737-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321