Federica Moret, Enea Spada, Marco Ceccanti, Laura Libonati, Edoardo D'Andrea, Umbertina Villano, Elisabetta Madonna, Paola Chionne, Alberto Carocci, Giulio Pisani, Laura Fionda, Giovanni Antonini, Antonio Petrucci, Roberto Bruni, Anna Rita Ciccaglione, Gloria Taliani, Marco Rivano Capparuccia, Eduardo Nobile-Orazio, Maurizio Inghilleri, Chiara Cambieri
INTRODUCTION: Few studies have pointed to the possible role of infectious diseases in triggering Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP). Given the association of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) with Guillain Barrè syndrome, we conducted a case-control study to determine the possible association of HEV infection with CIDP, analyzing possible risk factors for acquiring HEV infection in both CIDP patients and controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 82 CIDP and 260 from the general population have provided some personal information (demographics, anamnestic data and recognized risk factors for HEV infection) and underwent venipuncture blood sampling for virological assays testing for anti-HEV IgG and IgM with ELISA and RNA-HEV performing RT-PCR...
March 12, 2024: Journal of the Neurological Sciences