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ArticleLe infezioni in medicina2022

Prevalence of HEV infection in acute non-ABC hepatitis and prognostic role of extrahepatic manifestations.

Giovanna Picchi, Alessandra Ricciardi, Lara Marola, Monica Di Norcia, Margherita D'alessandro, Rinalda Mariani, Pierluigi Cacciatore, Federica Sozio, Stefano Necozione, Vincenza Cofini and 8 more

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Giovanna PicchiInfectious Diseases Department, Ospedale Regionale "San Salvatore", L'Aquila, Italy.
Alessandra RicciardiInfectious Diseases Department, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico "San Matteo", Pavia, Italy.
Lara MarolaDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Life, Health & Environmental Sciences-MESVA, University of L'Aquila, Italy.
Monica Di NorciaInfectious Diseases Department, Ospedale Regionale "San Salvatore", L'Aquila, Italy.
Margherita D'alessandroInfectious Disease Department, Ospedale Civile "SS. Nicola e Filippo", Avezzano, Italy.
Rinalda MarianiInfectious Disease Department, Ospedale Civile "SS. Nicola e Filippo", Avezzano, Italy.
Pierluigi CacciatoreInfectious Disease Department, Ospedale "S. Spirito", Pescara, Italy.
Federica SozioInfectious Disease Department, Ospedale "S. Spirito", Pescara, Italy.
Stefano NecozioneDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Life, Health & Environmental Sciences-MESVA, University of L'Aquila, Italy.
Vincenza CofiniDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Life, Health & Environmental Sciences-MESVA, University of L'Aquila, Italy.
Giustino ParrutiInfectious Disease Department, Ospedale "S. Spirito", Pescara, Italy.
Umbertina VillanoViral Hepatitis and Oncovirus and Retrovirus Diseases Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Elisabetta MadonnaViral Hepatitis and Oncovirus and Retrovirus Diseases Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Cinzia MarcantonioViral Hepatitis and Oncovirus and Retrovirus Diseases Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Roberto BruniViral Hepatitis and Oncovirus and Retrovirus Diseases Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Elida MatajInstituti i Shendetit Publik (ISHP), Tirana, Albania.
Alessandro GrimaldiInfectious Diseases Department, Ospedale Regionale "San Salvatore", L'Aquila, Italy.
Anna Rita CiccaglioneViral Hepatitis and Oncovirus and Retrovirus Diseases Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

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Abstract

Background: HEV-3 and HEV-4 are emerging cause of zoonotic acute hepatitis in high-income countries. In Europe the disease is underdiagnosed but hyperendemic areas have been identified. We describe a population with acute non-ABC (n-ABC) hepatitis in Abruzzo, the Italian region with the highest seroprevalence reported. The study was included in the surveillance of acute hepatitis E by the Italian Institute of Public Health started in 2004 and implemented in 2015. Methods: Patients with n-ABC hepatitis during 2004-2018 in all Abruzzo Infectious Disease Departments were tested for HEV-IgM (Wantai Results: 97 hospitalized patients were tested, most cases (91.7%) after 2015. Overall, HEV-IgM resulted positive in 36% and HEV-RNA detectable in 33.3%. All 24 sequences obtained were HEV-3, with two small groups of closely related strands. L'Aquila was the Province with higher positivity rate (44%). Retrospective clinical data were acquired in 86.5% of patients, no one having liver failure. Higher ALT-levels (1282.34 vs 893.25, p=0.0139) and extrahepatic symptoms (OR 16.69, p=0.0018) were strongly associated with HEV-IgM presence. Two small outbreaks are described. Conclusions: More than one third of n-ABC hepatitis in all Abruzzo are HEV-related. Extrahepatic symptoms correlate with HEV aetiology. Implementing surveillance is mandatory to really understand the extent of the disease.

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Acute hepatitisextrahepatic manifestationshepatitis E virusHEV hyperendemic areaviral zoonosis

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PMID36908387
PMCPMC9994827

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