Hepatitis E

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Key articles

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Viral hepatitis: hepatitis E. Jun 2020 [internet publication].Full text

European Association for the Study of the Liver. EASL clinical practice guidelines on hepatitis E virus infection. J Hepatol. 2018 Jun;68(6):1256-71.Full text  Abstract

Public Health England. ​Hepatitis E: symptoms, transmission, treatment and prevention. May 2020 [internet publication].Full text

Miller JM, Binnicker MJ, Campbell S, et al; Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology. A guide to utilization of the microbiology laboratory for diagnosis of infectious diseases: 2018 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Aug 31;67(6):e1-94.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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54. Kamar N, Garrouste C, Haagsma EB, et al. Factors associated with chronic hepatitis in patients with hepatitis E virus infection who have received solid organ transplants. Gastroenterology. 2011 May;140(5):1481-9.Full text  Abstract

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57. Kamar N, Rostaing L, Abravanel F, et al. Ribavirin therapy inhibits viral replication on patients with chronic hepatitis E virus infection. Gastroenterology. 2010 Nov;139(5):1612-8.Full text  Abstract

58. Kovvuru K, Carbajal N, Pakanati AR, et al. Renal manifestations of hepatitis E among immunocompetent and solid organ transplant recipients. World J Hepatol. 2022 Mar 27;14(3):516-24.Full text  Abstract

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64. Gorris M, van der Lecq BM, van Erpecum KJ, et al. Treatment for chronic hepatitis E virus infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Viral Hepat. 2021 Mar;28(3):454-63.Full text  Abstract

65. Pischke S, Hardtke S, Bode U, et al. Ribavirin treatment of acute and chronic hepatitis E: a single-centre experience. Liver Int. 2013 May;33(5):722-6. Abstract

66. Mallet V, Nicand E, Sultanik P, et al. Brief communication: case reports of ribavirin treatment for chronic hepatitis E. Ann Intern Med. 2010 Jul 20;153(2):85-9.Full text  Abstract

67. Kamar N, Izopet J, Tripon S, et al. Ribavirin for chronic hepatitis E virus infection in transplant recipients. N Engl J Med. 2014 Mar 20;370(12):1111-20.Full text  Abstract

68. Hajji H, Gérolami R, Solas C, et al. Chronic hepatitis E resolution in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patient treated with ribavirin. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2013 Jun;41(6):595-7. Abstract

69. Neukam K, Barreiro P, Macías J, et al. Chronic hepatitis E in HIV patients: rapid progression to cirrhosis and response to oral ribavirin. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Aug;57(3):465-8.Full text  Abstract

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71. Manka P, Bechmann LP, Coombes JD, et al. Hepatitis E virus infection as a possible cause of acute liver failure in Europe. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 Oct;13(10):1836-42.e2.Full text  Abstract

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