Persistent Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 4 Infection in a Child With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Geng, Yansheng; Zhang, Hongxin; Huang, Weijin; J. Harrison, Tim; Geng, Kunjing; Li, Zhuo; Wang, Youchun

doi:10.5812/hepatmon.15618

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Persistent Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 4 Infection in a Child With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Published in Hepatitis Monthly • Jan 23, 2013

Authors:

Yansheng Geng

Hongxin Zhang

Weijin Huang

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: In general, the hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes acute, self-limiting hepatitis. Prolonged and chronic infections caused by HEV genotype 3 have been found in some immunosuppressed patients in developed countries. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we report a Chinese boy with acute lymphoblastic le...

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Medicine

Hepatitis E virus

Viremia

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