Fatal Accelerated Cirrhosis after Imported HEV Genotype 4 Infection

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Sep;21(9):1679-81. doi: 10.3201/eid2109.150300.
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Keywords: HEV; Hong Kong; acute liver disease; chronic liver disease; cirrhosis; genotype 4; hepatitis E; liver transplantation; viruses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • California
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fibrosis / complications
  • Fibrosis / diagnosis
  • Genotype
  • Hepatitis E / complications
  • Hepatitis E / diagnosis*
  • Hepatitis E virus / genetics
  • Hepatitis E virus / isolation & purification*
  • Hong Kong
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Male
  • Travel*