Florence Abravanel, Julie Pique, Elisabeth Couturier, Florence Nicot, Chloé Dimeglio, Sébastien Lhomme, Julie Chiabrando, Karine Saune, Jean-Marie Péron, Nassim Kamar, Solène Evrard, Henriette de Valk, Pascal Cintas, Jacques Izopet
OBJECTIVES: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of acute hepatitis worldwide. However, our understanding of the source of contamination is incomplete and the frequency of neurological manifestations in still unknown. METHODS: 200 eligible cases reported to the French National Reference Center from January 2015 to December 2015 were prospectively included in this case-control study (1 case: 1 control, matched for sex, age and area of living) to investigate the risk of infection...
September 2018: Journal of Infection