Hepatitis E seroprevalence and associated risk factors in Croatian liver transplant recipients (CROSBI ID 274813)
Prilog u časopisu | kratko priopćenje | međunarodna recenzija
Podaci o odgovornosti
Mrzljak, Anna ; Dinjar-Kujundžić, Petra ; Vilibić-Čavlek, Tatjana ; Jemeršić, Lorena ; Prpić, Jelena ; Đakovic-Rode, Oktavija ; Kolarić, Branko ; Vince, Adriana
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Hepatitis E seroprevalence and associated risk factors in Croatian liver transplant recipients
Introduction: Solid-organ transplant recipients are at risk of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection. We analyzed the seroprevalence/ risk factors of HEV in Croatian liver transplant recipients. Methods: Two hundred forty-two serum samples were tested for HEV immunoglobuline IgG/IgM and HEV RNA. Sociodemographic data and risk factors were collected using a questionnaire. Results: HEV IgG seroprevalence rate was 24.4%. Positive/equivocal HEV IgM were found in two patients. HEV RNA was not detected. Logistic regression showed that older age, female gender, rural area/farm, water well, and septic tank were associated with HEV seropositivity. Conclusions: This study revealed a high exposure rate to HEV in Croatian liver recipients
Hepatitis E virus ; seroprevalence ; risk factors ; liver transplant recipients
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Podaci o izdanju
52
2019.
e20190302
5
objavljeno
0037-8682
1678-9849
10.1590/0037-8682-0302-2019
Povezanost rada
Kliničke medicinske znanosti