Cirrhosis, Liver Transplantation and HIV Infection Are Risk Factors Associated with Hepatitis E Virus Infection

Mar Riveiro-Barciela; María Buti; María Homs; Isabel Campos-Varela; Carmen Cantarell; Manuel Crespo; Lluís Castells; David Tabernero; Josep Quer; Rafael Esteban; Francisco Rodriguez-Frías

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103028

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Cirrhosis, Liver Transplantation and HIV Infection Are Risk Factors Associated with Hepatitis E Virus Infection

Mar Riveiro-Barciela,

Affiliation Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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María Buti ,

* E-mail: mbuti@vhebron.net

Affiliations Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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María Homs,

Affiliation Liver Pathology Unit/Virology Unit Biochemistry and Microbiology Departments, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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Isabel Campos-Varela,

Affiliation Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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Carmen Cantarell,

Affiliation Nephrology Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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Manuel Crespo,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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Lluís Castells,

Affiliation Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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David Tabernero,

Affiliation Liver Pathology Unit/Virology Unit Biochemistry and Microbiology Departments, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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Josep Quer,

Affiliations Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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Rafael Esteban,

Affiliations Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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Francisco Rodriguez-Frías

Affiliations Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, Liver Pathology Unit/Virology Unit Biochemistry and Microbiology Departments, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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Cirrhosis, Liver Transplantation and HIV Infection Are Risk Factors Associated with Hepatitis E Virus Infection

Mar Riveiro-Barciela,
María Buti,
María Homs,
Isabel Campos-Varela,
Carmen Cantarell,
Manuel Crespo,
Lluís Castells,
David Tabernero,
Josep Quer,
Rafael Esteban

Published: July 28, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103028

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