TY - JOUR AU - Pas, Suzan AU - de Man, Rob AU - Mulders, Claudia AU - Balk, Aggie H.M.M. AU - van Hal, Peter T.W. AU - Weimar, Willem AU - Koopmans, Marion P.G. AU - Osterhaus, Albert D.M.E. AU - van der Eijk, Annemiek T1 - Hepatitis E Virus Infection among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, the Netherlands T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 5 SP - 869 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We screened 1,200 living heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplant recipients for hepatitis E virus infection by reverse transcription PCR. In 12 (1%) patients, hepatitis E virus infection was identified; in 11 patients, chronic infection developed. This immunocompromised population is at risk for hepatitis E virus infection. KW - hepatitis E KW - virus KW - organ transplant KW - hepatitis E virus KW - viruses KW - solid organ transplant KW - the Netherlands KW - lung transplant KW - kidney transplant KW - heart transplant KW - liver transplant KW - infection DO - 10.3201/eid1805.111712 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/5/11-1712_article ER - End of Reference