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ArticleScientific reports2020

Clinical significance of post-liver transplant hepatitis E seropositivity in high prevalence area of hepatitis E genotype 3: a prospective study.

Piyawat Komolmit, Vinita Oranrap, Sirinporn Suksawatamnuay, Kessarin Thanapirom, Supachaya Sriphoosanaphan, Nunthiya Srisoonthorn, Nawarat Posuwan, Thanunrat Thongmee, Sombat Treeprasertsuk, Yong Poovorawan

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Piyawat KomolmitDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. pkomolmit@yahoo.co.uk.
Vinita OranrapDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Sirinporn SuksawatamnuayThe Research Unit of Hepatic Fibrosis and Cirrhosis, Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Kessarin ThanapiromDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Supachaya SriphoosanaphanDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Nunthiya SrisoonthornCenter of Excellence in Liver Diseases, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Nawarat PosuwanCenter of Excellence in Liver Diseases, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Thanunrat ThongmeeCenter of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Sombat TreeprasertsukDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Yong PoovorawanCenter of Excellence in Liver Diseases, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Chulalongkorn University · THKing Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital · TH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High hepatitis E (HEV) seroprevalence has been reported in the general population and in post-liver transplant (LT) cases in several regions, including Thailand, with genotype 3 being a predominant genotype. We hypothesized that HEV might persist at a subclinical level and might pose clinical risks in the post-LT period. We performed a cross-sectional study with 108 post-LT patients and found an IgG seroprevalence of 55.6%. Subsequently, 91 cases without clinical evidence of HEV-related hepatitis were enrolled in 1 year of prospective follow-up to determine clinical status, serologies and serum/feces HEV RNA every 4 months. HEV RNA was detected, indicating subclinical infections in patients with or without seropositivity, with an annual incidence of 7.7%. Our results suggest that subclinical HEV infection exists among LT patients in this high-prevalence area. Thus, clinicians should be aware of the possibility of disease reemergence and HEV viral transmission in LT patients.

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AgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGenotypeHepatitis EHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceProspective StudiesRNA, ViralSeroepidemiologic StudiesRNA, Viral

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PMCPMC7192897
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