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| Title |
Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus in liver transplant patients in Turin, Italy
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| Published in |
Panminerva Medica, July 2020
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| DOI | 10.23736/s0031-0808.20.03877-x |
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| Authors |
Elisa Zanotto, Massimo Rittà, Fabrizia Pittaluga, Silvia Martini, Marco Ciotti, Rossana Cavallo, Cristina Costa |
| Abstract |
Acute E hepatitis is usually a self-limited non-progressive disease; however, acute liver failure and death can occur in the presence of particular conditions such as pregnancy and chronic liver diseases. In immunocompromised individuals, such as transplant patients, acute hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection may evolve to chronic hepatitis with rapid progression to liver decompensation. At our center, serology for HEV is not routinely performed in transplant patients and serological status is investigated only on the basis of clinical judgement. In this study, seroprevalence of HEV was evaluated in 217 patients (120 liver transplant recipients and 97 individuals diagnosed with acute or chronic hepatitis). Molecular evaluation of HEV-RNA was also performed. Thirteen patients (6%) showed positivity for HEV-IgG; in particular, 10/120 (8.3%), with concomitant presence of IgM and IgG in six and 3/97 (3.1%). None of the plasma samples tested by HEV-RNA was positive. As the detectable RNA window is narrow and an undetectable HEVRNA result does not exclude recent infection and the transplant context per se represents a risk factor for chronic infection in patients infected with HEV, a routine diagnostic workflow including HEV should be taken into consideration, increasing awareness and knowledge of the basic and clinical aspects of the disease. |
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| Kuwait | 1 | 20% |
| Spain | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Scientists | 2 | 40% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Lecturer | 1 | 33% |
| Other | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 33% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 July 2020.
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#15,179,141
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#92
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#224,971
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#3
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