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February 1, 2007Hepatology Research

Persistent infection of hepatitis E virus transmitted by blood transfusion in a patient with T‐cell lymphoma

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Population

68 patients diagnosed as viral hepatitis with unknown etiology

Design

Case_series

Follow-up

6 months (for patient 2)

Authors

ATAkinori TamuraKyoto UniversityYSYohko K. ShimizuKobe UniversityTTTorahiko TanakaNihon University

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Overview

May warrant HEV RNA screening in immunosuppressed transfusion recipients; case report leaves open need for prevalence studies.

Structured PICO

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Population
68 patients diagnosed as viral hepatitis with unknown etiology
O
Outcome
Detection of hepatitis E viral RNA

Highlights the risk of persistent HEV infection transmitted via blood transfusion in immunosuppressed patients.

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Tamura et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a81ba080f00bf78d4f20474https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1872-034x.2007.00024.x
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