| Literature DB >> 28077520 |
Antonio Rivero-Juarez1, Mario Frias1, Pedro Lopez-Lopez1, María de Los Angeles Risalde1, Teresa Brieva1, Isabel Machuca1, Angela Camacho1, Antonio Martinez-Peinado2, Jose Carlos Gomez-Villamandos3, Antonio Rivero1.
Abstract
Although hepatitis E virus (HEV) is regarded as a self-limiting infection and anti-HEV antibodies seem to protect against reinfection, its pathogenesis is not well established. We describe 2 cases of acute symptomatic HEV infection after hepatitis C therapy in patients carrying anti-HEV immunoglobulin G antibodies, raising 2 major questions: reactivation or reinfection?Entities:
Keywords: HIV; hepatitis C; hepatitis E; reactivation.; reinfection
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28077520 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079