Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology 13(2) 252-259 2020年4月
A 64-year-old woman was infected with hepatitis E virus (HEV) during chemotherapy for leukemia. By retrospective analyses of stored serum from the blood products and the patient, the source of the infection was determined to be platelet concentrat...
Recent reports have shown that rat hepatitis E virus (HEV) is capable of infecting humans. We also successfully propagated rat HEV into human PLC/PRF/5 cells, raising the possibility of a similar mechanism shared by human HEV and rat HEV. Rat HEV ...
BACKGROUND: Recently, chronic hepatitis E has been reported in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients in European countries. Previously, we clarified the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in Japanese liver transplant recipients and ...
Murata K   Kang JH   Nagashima S   Matsui T   Karino Y   Yamamoto Y   Atarashi T   Oohara M   Uebayashi M   Sakata H   Matsubayashi K   Takahashi K   Arai M   Mishiro S   Sugiyama M   Mizokami M   Okamoto H   
Hepatitis E is a global public health problem. Ribavirin (RBV) and pegylated interferon alpha are currently administered to cure hepatitis E. Recently, in combination with RBV, sofosbuvir (SOF), an anti-hepatitis C virus nucleotide analog, is also...