Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence among schistosomiasis patients in Northeastern Brazil
Braz. j. infect. dis; 20 (3), 2016
Abstract Background Hepatitis E virus (HEV) can cause chronic infection with rapid progression to liver cirrhosis in immunocompromised patients. HEV seroprevalence in patients with Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil is unknown. We evaluated the prevalence of past or present HEV infection in schistosomiasis p...
Brasil/epidemiología, Estudios Transversales, Anticuerpos Antihepatitis/sangre, Hepatitis E/complicaciones, Hepatitis E/diagnóstico, Hepatitis E/epidemiología, Virus de la Hepatitis E/inmunología, Inmunoglobulina G/sangre, Inmunoglobulina M/sangre, Prevalencia, Esquistosomiasis mansoni/complicaciones, Esquistosomiasis mansoni/epidemiología, Estudios Seroepidemiológicos