Prevalence, incidence, and outcomes of hepatitis E virus coinfection in patients with chronic hepatitis C

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 13632 - 12
• Main Authors: Jang, Eun Sun, Choi, Gwang Hyeon, Kim, Young Seok, Kim, In Hee, Lee, Youn Jae, Cho, Sung Beom, Kim, Yun-Tae, Jeong, Sook-Hyang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 21.08.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/326/596/1905; 631/326/596/2562; 692/4020/4021; Cirrhosis; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Hepatitis; Hepatitis C; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Humanities and Social Sciences; Immunoglobulin G; Liver; Liver cancer; Mortality; multidisciplinary; Patients; Risk factors; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seroconversion; Viruses

This study aimed to elucidate the anti-hepatitis E virus (HEV) immunoglobulin G (IgG) prevalence and incidence of seroconversion and seroreversion as well as its risk factors and to analyze the clinical outcomes of HEV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfected patients compared to those of HCV-monoinfe...