Blood-borne Hepatitis E Virus Transmission: A Relevant Risk for Immunosuppressed Patients

Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 15;63(4):569-70. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw309. Epub 2016 May 13.

Authors

Sven Pischke¹, Jens Hiller², Marc Lütgehetmann³, Susanne Polywka³, Meike Rybczynski⁴, Francis Ayuk⁵, Angar W Lohse¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine.
² Department of Transfusion Medicine.
³ Department of Microbiology.
⁴ Department of Cardiology.
⁵ Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.

PMID: 27178472
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw309

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Alanine Transaminase / blood
Blood-Borne Pathogens*
Erythrocyte Transfusion / adverse effects*
Female
Hepatitis E / etiology
Hepatitis E / transmission*
Hepatitis E / virology*
Hepatitis E virus*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Platelet Transfusion / adverse effects*
Viral Load

Substances

Alanine Transaminase