Lack of Hepatitis E Infection among Backpackers to Tropical Countries

Seroprevalence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection among Patients with Acute Hepatitis Symptoms in Ahvaz, Iran

Background and Aims: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is considered as one of the common causes of acute viral hepatitis in the world, particularly in the developing countries. It also causes fulminant hepatitis in pregnant women. Although HEV infection in Iran is endemic, there are numerous reports of epidemics caused by this infection in this part of the world. This study aimed to determine seropreval...

Hepatitis E Virus Infection Among Chronic Hemodialysis

Recently, we read with great interest the article by Beladi Mousavi et al. (1) entitled “epidemiology of hepatitis E virus infection in patients on chronic hemodialysis" you published in your most valuable journal. The author evaluated the prevalence of anti-HEV IgG antibody among chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients in Imam Khomeini hospital, Ahvaz city, in southwest Iran. The results of this st...

No molecular evidence of Hepatitis E infection among patients with HIV in Iran

Hepatitis E: an emerging infection in developed countries.

Hepatitis E is endemic in many developing countries where it causes substantial morbidity. In industrialised countries, it is considered rare, and largely confined to travellers returning from endemic areas. However, there is now a growing body of evidence that challenges this notion. Autochthonous hepatitis E in developed countries is far more common than previously recognised, and might be mo...

hepatitis e virus infection among chronic hemodialysis