Rat Hepatitis E Virus as Cause of Persistent Hepatitis after Liver Transplant
Siddharth Sridhar, Cyril C.Y. Yip, Shusheng Wu, Jianpiao Cai, Anna Jin-Xia Zhang, Kit-Hang Leung, Tom W.H. Chung, Jasper F.W. Chan, Wan-Mui Chan, Jade L.L. Teng, Rex K.H. Au-Yeung, Vincent C.C. Cheng, Honglin Chen, Susanna K.P. Lau, Patrick C.Y. Woo, Ning-Shao Xia, Chung-Mau Lo, and Kwok-Yung Yuen
Author affiliations: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (S. Sridhar, C.C.Y. Yip, S. Wu, J. Cai, A.J.-X. Zhang, K.-H. Leung, T.W.H. Chung, J.F.W. Chan, W.-M. Chan, J.L.L. Teng, R.K.H. Au-Yeung, V.C.C. Cheng, H. Chen, S.K.P. Lau, P.C.Y. Woo, C.-M. Lo, K.-Y. Yuen); The University of Hong Kong–Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China (J.F.W. Chan, C.-M. Lo, K.-Y. Yuen); Xiamen University, Xiamen, China (N.-S. Xia)
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Figure 1. Natural course of HEV-C infection in a 56-year-old man at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. A) Timeline of major clinical events. All days are post transplant. B) Kinetics of liver function tests, tacrolimus levels (μg/L), and plasma HEV-C RNA load (log10 copies/mL) with relation to ribavirin therapy. ALT, alanine aminotransferase; HEV-C, Orthohepevirus C; LFT, liver function test.
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