Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Transplant Recipients

Kamar, Nassim; Izopet, Jacques; Tripon, Simona; Bismuth, Michaël; Hillaire, Sophie; Dumortier, Jérôme; Radenne, Sylvie; Coilly, Audrey; Garrigue, Valérie; d’Altéroche, Louis; Büchler, Matthias; Couzi, Lionel; Lebray, Pascal; Dharancy, Sébastien; Minello, Anne; Hourmant, Maryvonne; Roque‐Afonso, Anne‐Marie; Abravanel, Florence; Pol, Stanislas; Rostaing, Lionel; Mallet, Vincent

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1215246

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Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Transplant Recipients

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 19, 2014

Authors:

Nassim Kamar

Jacques Izopet

Simona Tripon

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is no established therapy for hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection. The aim of this retrospective, multicenter case series was to assess the effects of ribavirin as monotherapy for solid-organ transplant recipients with prolonged HEV viremia. METHODS: We examined the records of 59 pat...

Subject

Ribavirin

Medicine

Internal medicine

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